Generalization practices in qualitative research: A mixed methods case study

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 881-892

  Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J ^a   Leech, Nancy L ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic generalization; Case study; Generalization; Interpretive consistency; Mixed methods; Qualitative research; Sample size; Sampling; Sequential mixed methods analysis; Statistical generalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955177315     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-009-9241-z     Document Type: Article

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