Noun: generalizability ,je-nu-ru-lI-zu'bi-lu-tee
- The quality of being general, widespread or having general applicability
"This study is limited in its power and generalizability"; "When altering specific methodological or participant characteristics of a previous study, they serve to test generalizability of the earlier findings under different conditions"; "Although useful, such samples are not representative of the scientific workforce as a whole and thus have limited generalizability";
- generalisability
Type of: quality
Encyclopedia: Generalizability