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generalize
(redirected from generalizability)

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
generalize about someone or something and generalize on someone or something
to interpret someone or something in very general terms. Sometimes it isn't wise to generalize about a complicated issue. She is very complex and it is difficult to generalize on her.

generalize from something

to assume a general pattern in something from specific observances of something. You can hardly generalize from only two instances. You can't generalize anything from the testimony of a single witness!


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The contents of the book range from the evolution of the construct, through methodology and measurement issues, to etiology, to characteristic behavior and problems, to the generalizability of the construct, to subtypes of psychopathy, and end with practice concerns.
These findings generally confirm the generalizability of the Jarvenpaa et al.
Also, given the dynamic nature of individual classes, the generalizability of these findings is dubious.
 
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