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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 and Operational Linkages
Theoretical and Operational Linkages
Once hypotheses are formed, it is necessary to specify two sorts of linkages, connections among the variables in the hypothesis. There are two ways of thinking about such connections: First, we demonstrate why each hypothesis or research question ought to be true—that is, why the concepts ought to be ...
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