When you conduct an evaluation research study, you develop a knowledge base, you select a study sample from a study population, you choose an evaluation research design, you select a means of measuring study variables, you collect and analyze data, and you draw conclusions. Which of these aspects of your study description is the one that gives you the basis for generalizing your findings? Identify why another aspect of this description is not the one that deals with generalization.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: The sampling procedures you employ give you the basis for generalizing your findings because this procedure shows you how confident you can be that your sample is similar to your population. The research design you select, however, does not deal with generalization of study findings. Instead, it deals with the issue of causation, with specific reference to whether the measured client growth is caused by the intervention rather than something else like normal growth over time.
Learning Objective: 12-1: Identify all the study populations that would be legitimate study populations, given the nature of a given study sample.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Hard
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