On Replication: Notes on the Notions of a Replicability Quotient and a Generalizability Quotient

1 January 1970

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Sociology

Vol. 4 (1) , 51-69
https://doi.org/10.1177/003803857000400103

Abstract

Replication is not an automatic activity. Any replication involves decisions on the concepts, relationships, and contexts of the original and its re-examination. Two quotients can relate the two researches: a replicability quotient which considers the quality of the original and a generalizability quotient which focuses upon the replication. An account is given of a replication of Gouldner's cosmopolitanism thesis that illustrates the decisions entailed and suggests the important features of the two quotients.

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