Kadriye Ercikan is Associate Professor of measurement and research methods in the department of Educational and Counseling Psychology and Special Education, at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Wolff-Michael Roth is Lansdowne Professor of Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Victoria.

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• Preface 1. Introduction Wolff-Michael Roth and Kadriye Ercikan SECTION I: GENERALIZING WITHIN AND BEYOND POPULATIONS AND CONTEXTS Overview 2. GENERALIZABILITY THEORY AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE GENERALIZABILITY OF RESEARCH FINDINGS Rich Shavelson amp; Noreen Webb 3. THE TESTING OF ENGLISH LANGAUGE LEARNERS AS A STOCHASTIC PROCESS: POPULATION MISSPECIFICATION, MEASUREMENT ERROR, AND OVERGENERALIZATION Guillermo Solano-Flores Section I Highlights SECTION II: COMBINING AND CONTRASTING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE Overview 4. GENERALIZATION FROM QUALITATIVE INQUIRY Margaret Eisenhart 5. ON QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING IN VALIDITY Robert J. Mislevy, Pamela Moss, James J. Gee 6. GENERALIZABILITY AND RESEARCH SYNTHESIS Betsy Becker amp; Meng-Jia Wu Section II Highlights SECTION III: HOW RESEARCH USE MEDIATES GENERALIZATION Overview 7. GENERALIZABILITY AND RESEARCH USE ARGUMENTS Lyle F. Bachman 8. REPETITION, DIFFERENCE, AND RISING UP WITH RESEARCH IN EDUCATION Kenneth Tobin 9. CRITICAL REALISM, POLICY, AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Allan Luke Section III Highlights SECTION IV: RETHINKING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GENERAL AND THE PARTICULAR Overview 10. Limitations in Sample to Population generalizing Kadriye Ercikan 11. PHENOMENOLOGICAL AND DIALECTICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE RELATION BETWEEN THE GENERAL AND THE PARTICULAR Wolff-Michael Roth Section IV Highlights 12. DISCUSSION OF KEY ISSUES IN GENERALIZING IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Edited by Wolff-Michael Roth and Kadriye Ercikan, with Contributions from Lyle F. Bachman, Margaret Eisenhart, Robert J. Mislevy, Pamela Moss, Guillermo Solano-Flores, Kenneth Tobin Contributors Index

Kadriye Ercikan is Associate Professor of measurement and research methods in the department of Educational and Counseling Psychology and Special Education, at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Wolff-Michael Roth is Lansdowne Professor of Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Victoria.

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• Preface 1. Introduction Wolff-Michael Roth and Kadriye Ercikan SECTION I: GENERALIZING WITHIN AND BEYOND POPULATIONS AND CONTEXTS Overview 2. GENERALIZABILITY THEORY AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE GENERALIZABILITY OF RESEARCH FINDINGS Rich Shavelson amp; Noreen Webb 3. THE TESTING OF ENGLISH LANGAUGE LEARNERS AS A STOCHASTIC PROCESS: POPULATION MISSPECIFICATION, MEASUREMENT ERROR, AND OVERGENERALIZATION Guillermo Solano-Flores Section I Highlights SECTION II: COMBINING AND CONTRASTING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE Overview 4. GENERALIZATION FROM QUALITATIVE INQUIRY Margaret Eisenhart 5. ON QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING IN VALIDITY Robert J. Mislevy, Pamela Moss, James J. Gee 6. GENERALIZABILITY AND RESEARCH SYNTHESIS Betsy Becker amp; Meng-Jia Wu Section II Highlights SECTION III: HOW RESEARCH USE MEDIATES GENERALIZATION Overview 7. GENERALIZABILITY AND RESEARCH USE ARGUMENTS Lyle F. Bachman 8. REPETITION, DIFFERENCE, AND RISING UP WITH RESEARCH IN EDUCATION Kenneth Tobin 9. CRITICAL REALISM, POLICY, AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Allan Luke Section III Highlights SECTION IV: RETHINKING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GENERAL AND THE PARTICULAR Overview 10. Limitations in Sample to Population generalizing Kadriye Ercikan 11. PHENOMENOLOGICAL AND DIALECTICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE RELATION BETWEEN THE GENERAL AND THE PARTICULAR Wolff-Michael Roth Section IV Highlights 12. DISCUSSION OF KEY ISSUES IN GENERALIZING IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Edited by Wolff-Michael Roth and Kadriye Ercikan, with Contributions from Lyle F. Bachman, Margaret Eisenhart, Robert J. Mislevy, Pamela Moss, Guillermo Solano-Flores, Kenneth Tobin Contributors Index

Kadriye Ercikan is Associate Professor of measurement and research methods in the department of Educational and Counseling Psychology and Special Education, at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Wolff-Michael Roth is Lansdowne Professor of Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Victoria.

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• Preface 1. Introduction Wolff-Michael Roth and Kadriye Ercikan SECTION I: GENERALIZING WITHIN AND BEYOND POPULATIONS AND CONTEXTS Overview 2. GENERALIZABILITY THEORY AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE GENERALIZABILITY OF RESEARCH FINDINGS Rich Shavelson amp; Noreen Webb 3. THE TESTING OF ENGLISH LANGAUGE LEARNERS AS A STOCHASTIC PROCESS: POPULATION MISSPECIFICATION, MEASUREMENT ERROR, AND OVERGENERALIZATION Guillermo Solano-Flores Section I Highlights SECTION II: COMBINING AND CONTRASTING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE Overview 4. GENERALIZATION FROM QUALITATIVE INQUIRY Margaret Eisenhart 5. ON QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING IN VALIDITY Robert J. Mislevy, Pamela Moss, James J. Gee 6. GENERALIZABILITY AND RESEARCH SYNTHESIS Betsy Becker amp; Meng-Jia Wu Section II Highlights SECTION III: HOW RESEARCH USE MEDIATES GENERALIZATION Overview 7. GENERALIZABILITY AND RESEARCH USE ARGUMENTS Lyle F. Bachman 8. REPETITION, DIFFERENCE, AND RISING UP WITH RESEARCH IN EDUCATION Kenneth Tobin 9. CRITICAL REALISM, POLICY, AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Allan Luke Section III Highlights SECTION IV: RETHINKING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GENERAL AND THE PARTICULAR Overview 10. Limitations in Sample to Population generalizing Kadriye Ercikan 11. PHENOMENOLOGICAL AND DIALECTICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE RELATION BETWEEN THE GENERAL AND THE PARTICULAR Wolff-Michael Roth Section IV Highlights 12. DISCUSSION OF KEY ISSUES IN GENERALIZING IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Edited by Wolff-Michael Roth and Kadriye Ercikan, with Contributions from Lyle F. Bachman, Margaret Eisenhart, Robert J. Mislevy, Pamela Moss, Guillermo Solano-Flores, Kenneth Tobin Contributors Index