Generalization and Induction: More Misconceptions and Clarifications

• Main Authors: TSANG, Eric W. K., WILLIAMS, John N.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Research methodology; generalization; induction; deduction; Hume’s problem of induction; paradigm; Philosophy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1144; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2400/viewcontent/GeneralizationandInductionMoreMisconceptionsandClarifications19Oct2012.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In ‘Generalization and Induction: Misconceptions, Clarifications, and a Classification of Induction’, we comment on Lee and Baskerville’s (2003) paper ‘Generalizing Generalizability in Information Systems Research’, which attempts to clarify the concept of generalization and classify it into four ty...