Case studies analyze particular studies of an individual or a community that stress the developmental factors in relation to their environment. Case studies are not the most efficient way of studying universal principles since it is merely based on discrete ideas and ways of life, and due to only being based on homogeneous ideals and considerations. Therefore, case studies do not include a sample size which provides a way of statistically analyzing data with a sufficient power to extrapolate among the whole population as well as major subgroups. A sample size is a way of inference to the general public in which a number of chosen people or observations are conducted. The article by Knight has an experimental design and does include a sample size that gathers the dispositions of the volunteers. Yet the sampling procedure Knight used was inadequate because it lacked random sampling and a larger sample size. Even though Knight’s sampling procedure and sample size may include voluntary response bias and atypical reports, it at least includes this sample and is not generalized to one individual of high status such as in Johnson’s article. Johnson (2004) could have easily included a sample size from another source to support his findings such as when he said that the woman who accused Kobe Bryant of race may be accused of deceitfulness. How many …show more content…
Generalizability is simply the way the data and findings can be generalized to the entire population. Something does not have strong generalizability if it does not include a satisfactory sample. In Johnson’s case, one case cannot be generalized to the entire public because it does not express multiple views that would be extrapolated to other groups or individuals. In Knight’s case, although it seems that the data can sometimes considerably be seen to be true in the public’s eye does not mean that the views of 71 voluntary participants can be generalized to the whole population. The generalizability would be acceptable if the sample size is adequate in both cases as