Theories in Scientific Research As we know from previous chapters, science is knowledge represented as a collection of “theories” derived using the scientific method. In this chapter, we …

In consideration of this substantial challenge, I have designed this paper to achieve five objectives, which correlate to the five questions posed above. Firstly, it should help the reader …

It reviews a definition of a theory, the use of variables in a quantitative study, the placement of theory in a quantitative study, and the alterna-tive forms it might assume in a written plan.

The goal of the theory is to explain the mechanisms and processes by which the infant, and then the child, develops into an individual who can reason and think using hypotheses. To Piaget, …

theory and information theory. The intent was to develop the tools of ergodic theory of potential use to information theory and to demonstrate their use by proving Shannon coding theorems …

After considering how the “new look” and other revisions cannot explain all of the evidence produced by dissonance theory, they present the action-based model of dissonance theory …

The final section discusses the most common uses of theory in research, which range from metatheory, through middle-range theory to grounded theory. Each of these will be illuminated …