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As straightforward as its title, How to Build Social Science Theories sidesteps the well-traveled road of theoretical examination by demonstrating how new theories originate and how they are elaborated. Essential reading for students of social science research, this book traces theories from their most rudimentary building blocks (terminology and definitions) through multivariable theoretical statements, models, the role of creativity in theory building, and how theories are used and evaluated.
Theoretical Statements Relating Two Variables
Theoretical Statements Relating Two Variables
We said in the previous chapter that a hypothesis must be made up of at least two variables; a hypothesis expresses the relationship between two or more variables. We also referred to assumptions and propositions. In this chapter, we look at the relations between two variables more closely ...
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