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What is the purpose of theories?
What is the purpose of theories?
- Organizing and increasing the body of knowledge
- Providing general meanings based on theory
- Describing, explaining, predicting, or controlling a phenomenon (correct)
- Looking at relationships between concepts and propositions
What are propositions in the context of theories?
What are propositions in the context of theories?
- Generated by inductive process
- Building blocks of theory
- Sets of ideas used to describe the physical and social world
- Statements linking concepts (correct)
What are conceptual definitions based on?
What are conceptual definitions based on?
- Theory (correct)
- Inductive process
- Perception and experience
- Observations
What do operational definitions explain?
What do operational definitions explain?
What do concepts represent?
What do concepts represent?