Generalization and induction: Misconceptions, clarifications and a classification of induction

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: TSANG, Eric W. K., WILLIAMS, John N.
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• الموضوعات: Research methodology; generalization; generalizability; induction; deduction; statistical generalization; statistical syllogism; inductive analogy; Hume’s problem of induction; Philosophy
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1142; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2398/viewcontent/TsangWilliams_GeneralizationInduction_MISQ_2012.pdf

In “Generalizing Generalizability in Information Systems Research,” Lee and Baskerville (2003) try to clarify generalization and classify it into four types. Unfortunately, their account is problematic. We propose repairs. Central among these is our balance-of-evidence argument that we should adopt...