realism rules ok: scientific paradigms in marketing ... - ANZMAC
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Figure 1 Differences between analytical and statistical generalisation from<br />
the po<strong>in</strong>t of view of <strong>realism</strong><br />
THEORY<br />
analytical<br />
generalisation<br />
OBSERVABLE,<br />
SURFACE<br />
REALITY<br />
= experiences<br />
research<br />
f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
ACTUAL REALITY<br />
= experiences and<br />
events<br />
<br />
UNDERLYING REALITY<br />
of mechanisms that<br />
generate events and<br />
experiences<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Note: = <strong>in</strong>sight-rich f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
X = f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs of a survey of ‘observable’, <strong>in</strong>dependent phenomena<br />
X<br />
X<br />
<br />
statistical<br />
generalisation<br />
X<br />
theories about<br />
how the world and its<br />
complex <strong>in</strong>terdependent<br />
phenomena with<strong>in</strong> which<br />
nestle the new theories<br />
from the research<br />
X<br />
X<br />
X<br />
1954