How Many Cases Do I Need

By Mary Dunnewold. 2001

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School District Educational Infrastructure and Change at Scale: Teacher Peer Interactions and Their Beliefs About Mathematics Instruction (2017, background): “…on making claims about processes (rather than characteristics of a site or study participants) that may be generalizable outside of a particular study site and contribute to refining existing theories on peer interactions in school systems (Becker, 1990; Eisenhart, 2009; Small, 2009; Yin, 2005).”
Beyond the existence proof: ontological conditions, epistemological implications, and in-depth interview research (2014, methodology): “Thus, replicating non-probability sample studies (or interviews) is to engage in “cargo cult” ritualism (Small 2009; Feynman 1985, pp. 308–317), using a method’s form while failing to grasp and satisfy its essentials.”