For example, if a researcher want to do a study about the effectiveness of an educational program on medication compliance in people with diabetes, the researcher would like to be able to conclude that what he found in his …show more content…
Same as in research, once researchers gather enough information to support a hypothesis, they can develop a foundation to predict the result in similar situations with a certain degree of accuracy. There are two aspects of generalizability. Generalizing to a population and generalizing to a theory. In nursing research, for generalizability, nurses need a study sample and signify some population of interest also need to understand the settings of study and how those affect the results. (Institute for work and Health,2006) Nurses always learning something new skill from their past experiences. It increases their knowledge and skill, identify meaningful and relevant areas of study, interpret research finding, and giving a positive