Abstract
| Language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Palgrave Handbook of Social Creativity Research |
| Editors | Vlad Petre Glăveanu, Izabela Lebuda |
| Place of Publication | Cham, Switzerland |
| Chapter | 36 |
| Pages | 569-584 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-95498-1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture |
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| Publisher | Palgrave |
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Keywords
- qualitative research
- significant samples
- representativeness
- extraordinary
- generalizability
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Extraordinary : reflections on sample representativeness. / Dörfler, Viktor; Stierand, Marc.
The Palgrave Handbook of Social Creativity Research. ed. / Vlad Petre Glăveanu; Izabela Lebuda. Cham, Switzerland, 2019. p. 569-584 (Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
TY - CHAP
T1 - Extraordinary
T2 - reflections on sample representativeness
AU - Dörfler,Viktor
AU - Stierand,Marc
N1 - Dörfler, V & Stierand, M 2019, Extraordinary: reflections on sample representativeness. In VP Glăveanu & I Lebuda (eds), The Palgrave Handbook of Social Creativity Research. Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham: 569-584. Reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319954974
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In this chapter we reflect on a particular way of studying immensely high complexity, such as creativity, by investigating extraordinary achievers. The basis of our reflections are two empirical studies, one conducted in the area of haute cuisine, through interviewing top chefs, and the second conducted in the area of science, thorough interviewing Nobel Laureates. We explore why we feel that studying such extraordinary individuals can be more fruitful for better understanding creativity than trying to achieve an artificially manufactured sample that provides insights about the creative potential of the average individual. We outline the problems we see with the notion of representative samples from both conceptual as well as feasibility perspectives and offer an argument for studying the extraordinary instead.
AB - In this chapter we reflect on a particular way of studying immensely high complexity, such as creativity, by investigating extraordinary achievers. The basis of our reflections are two empirical studies, one conducted in the area of haute cuisine, through interviewing top chefs, and the second conducted in the area of science, thorough interviewing Nobel Laureates. We explore why we feel that studying such extraordinary individuals can be more fruitful for better understanding creativity than trying to achieve an artificially manufactured sample that provides insights about the creative potential of the average individual. We outline the problems we see with the notion of representative samples from both conceptual as well as feasibility perspectives and offer an argument for studying the extraordinary instead.
KW - qualitative research
KW - significant samples
KW - representativeness
KW - extraordinary
KW - generalizability
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-95498-1_36
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-95498-1_36
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 978-3-319-95497-4
T3 - Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture
SP - 569
EP - 584
BT - The Palgrave Handbook of Social Creativity Research
CY - Cham, Switzerland
ER -