Published January 1, 2022 | Version v1
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There is no generalizability crisis Comment

  • 1. Eindhoven Univ Technol, Human Technol Interact Grp, Atlas 9-402, NL-5600 BM Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • 2. Univ Mahallesi, Middle East Tech Univ, Philosophy Dept, Dumlupinar Bulvari 1, TR-06800 Cankaya, Turkey
  • 3. Tilburg Univ, Social Psychol Dept, Simon Bldg Room 405 Warandelaan 2, NL-5037 AB Tilburg, Netherlands

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Falsificationist and confirmationist approaches provide two well-established ways of evaluating generalizability. Yarkoni rejects both and invents a third approach we call neo-operationalism. His proposal cannot work for the hypothetical concepts psychologists use, because the universe of operationalizations is impossible to define, and hypothetical concepts cannot be reduced to their operationalizations. We conclude that he is wrong in his generalizability-crisis diagnosis.

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