...Between Theory And Research An excerpt from .awcett, J., and Downs, .. (1986). The Relationship of Theory and Reseach. Norwalk, CT: Appleton Century Crofts. [.awcett & Downs teach in a School of Nursing and their examples involve topics of interest to nurses. Your humble instructor has modified this excerpt slightly to maintain terminology consistent with the social sciences]. 1 The close connection between theory and research was implied in the discussion of their functions. Stated explicitly, the initial impetus for research is the search for theory. Theory development relies on research, and research relies on theory. Brown (1977) characterized the relationship between theory and research as a dialectic, a transaction whereby theory determines what data are to be collected and research findings provide challenges to accepted theories. 2 Research, then, is neither more nor less than the vehicle for theory development. It is the method used to gather the data needed for the theory. This is true whether the purpose of the research is to generate a theory or to test one. When the purpose is theory generation, the phenomenon of interest suggests things to look for. .or example, if a theory of clients perceptions of factors influencing their adherence to a nursing care plan were to be generated, one source of data would be clients perceptions of why they were willing and able to follow the care plan. Conversely, if the purpose is theory testing, the theory dictates...
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...the four types of research theories – deductive, inductive, grounded, and axiomatic. I will also discuss why and how these theories are used, and which is the most relevant, or most important. I will discuss the differences and similarities in theory and hypothesis. I will also discuss variables, and why they are important components of theoretical research. Four Types of Research Theories When doing research, it is important to first have your idea, or subject you will be researching. Once you have chosen the subject, then the research begins. There are so many places to go to use as sources. There are books, articles in magazines or newspapers, interviewing sources, and the ever growing internet. Personal experiences are another great way of getting information for your research. There are many ways to obtain information for your subject, but deciding on the subject to research is the first step. Then you need to decide how narrow or wide-ranged your topic is going to be. One example is Crime Scene Forensics. Will the paper be done on the entire subject of forensics, or will it be narrowed down to one element of forensics, such as DNA testing, or maybe ballistics? This is a decision that you will make before you start researching the subject. A very intelligent instructor, said to choose something that interests you and the researching will be a lot more interesting and fun to do. I think this is a very good concept to remember about research, and can also make...
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...4 Types of Research Theories CRJS430 – 1104A – 01 Unit 1 IP Charlotte Cordova October 6, 2011 American Intercontinental University Abstract In this paper, I will discuss the four types of research theories – deductive, inductive, grounded, and axiomatic. I will also discuss why and how these theories are used, and which is the most relevant, or most important. I will discuss the differences and similarities in theory and hypothesis. I will also discuss variables, and why they are important components of theoretical research. Four Types of Research Theories When doing research, it is important to first have your idea, or subject you will be researching. Once you have chosen the subject, then the research begins. There are so many places to go to use as sources. There are books, articles in magazines or newspapers, interviewing sources, and the ever growing internet. Personal experiences are another great way of getting information for your research. There are many ways to obtain information for your subject, but deciding on the subject to research is the first step. Then you need to decide how narrow or wide-ranged your topic is going to be. One example is Crime Scene Forensics. Will the paper be done on the entire subject of forensics, or will it be narrowed down to one element of forensics, such as DNA testing, or maybe ballistics? This is a decision that you will make before you start researching the subject. A very intelligent instructor, said...
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...review Lex Donaldson, Jane Qiu and Ben Nanfeng Luo .(January 2013). For Rigour in Organizational Management Theory Research. Journal of Management Studies 50:1j. Lex Donaldson (Australian School of Business), Jane Qiu (University of New South Wales) and Ben Nanfeng Luo (University of New South Wales), authors of this article, are respectively a Professor of Organizational Design, a Lecturer in International Business and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. When the article was published in 2013, Donaldson had developed his Introducing Statistico-organizational Theory of the Meta-Analytic Organization with the help of his doctoral students Jane Qiu and Ben Nanfeng Luo from which this article is prompted. In this paper, I summarize the article and offer comments about selected aspects, and suggest areas where additional research findings would assist in understanding the article. Article Summary The authors supported Alvesson and Sandberg assumptions that more rigour will fix the problem of uninteresting research publications and their controversy against pedantic literatureReviews who only agree with incremental, gap-spotting research. However, they contested the belief of Alvesson and Sandberg that rigour in research always leads to baleful outcomes; in the opposite ’Rigour’ is used to challenge assumptions. First argument: most interesting research comes from challenging consensus and overthrowing assumptions by introducing new ideas that contain more valid...
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...MARKET RESEARCH 1. Discuss the importance of attitude measurement, and describe tow different approaches to measuring people's attitudes toward a given object. There is a growing need among today's marketers to better understand their customer's attitudes and feelings toward the company's products, services, and delivery systems. Some researchers view "attitude" as a derived composite outcome of the interaction between a person's beliefs (i.e., cognitive thoughts) and expressed emotions (i.e., affective feelings) regarding those beliefs. Knowing these interactions can be helpful in predicting a person's behavior (i.e., conative action). Not all researchers accept this trilogy approach to measuring attitudes; some simply see attitudes as a global indicator of a person's feelings (i.e., affect = attitude) toward an object or behavior. No matter the approach, these is significant diagnostic value to both researchers and practitioners in understanding the different scale measurements used to capture people's belief structures versus emotional feelings versus behavior tendencies. Tell how to correctly design and text Likert, semantic differential, and behavior intention scales, and explain their strengths and weaknesses. Likert scale designs uniquely use a set of agreement/disagreement scale descriptors to capture a person's attitude toward a given object or behavior. Contrary to popular belief, a Likert scale format does not measure a person's complete attitude, only the...
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...Week5-Final Paper (Classroom Scenario Analysis) To make curriculum accessible to English language learners (ELLs), teachers must be able to integrate strategies to help them develop social and academic language skills in English and provide support by using comprehensible input and scaffolding. Accommodations should be based on current theories and research in language and literacy development, and they should address the interrelationship between culture and language. For this assignment, you will read the "Classroom Scenario" from Pathways to teaching series: Practical strategies for teaching english language learners. In a five-to eight-page paper, complete the following: Part 1: Analysis Analysis the scenario by addressing the following: Identify the strategies used in the scenario to help ELLs develop social and academic language skills in English. Explain if these strategies are effective. Why or why not? Explain how instructional input and scaffolding are used to support ELLs. Discuss current theories and research in ELL development. Give specific examples of how the teacher used theory and research to support his practice. Provide specific examples to support your points. Make sure to discuss the teacher's or student's actions in the scenario, and align them to specific concepts learned during the course. Whenever appropriate, use course vocabulary to demonstrate your knowledge of how it is applied and activated in the field...
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...While conspiracy theories have existed since the beginning of media in one form or another, they have been especially prevalent in the last few decades. Ever since the invention of the internet, the spread of self published ideas has been easier than ever, resulting in the growing number of skeptics. Conspiracy theories have been widely accepted more than ever since the previous presidential election, as mainstream media outlets picked up several theories regarding the two main candidates. So to understand this broadening phenomena, one must know the kind of people who believe conspiracy theories, why they are inclined to believe them, and what effects they are having on the world. Identifying the people who tend to believe conspiracy theories...
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...From the winning of the space race to secret societies who control what we see of the world. Conspiracy theories, whether true or not hold the power to control the beliefs of millions. These theories can range from 9/11 to JFk’s assassination to the true cause of climate change. Science offers us an explanation of the unknown with the use of facts and irrefutable evidence. With each major event or catastrophe, speculation soon follows from those seeking the truth. Every once in awhile an inquisitive mind stumbles upon something that shocks the public. Today with constant speculation of the truth from both the media and the public more and more conspiracies live in the minds of citizens. From small conspiracies of everyday life to cataclysmic schemes of the rich and powerful, evidence of conspiracy is everywhere. “Today’s world has left me absolutely astonished, in the way that the grandest...
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...In the text book, “Theories and Research of Personality” written by Daniel Cervone and Lawrence A. Pervin, the authors talk about how personality can influence people to do certain things. They define personality as, “psychological qualities that contribute to an individual’s enduring and distinctive patterns of feeling, thinking, and behaving” (Cervone, Pervin 2013). Cervone and Pervin state that with enduring they are talking about the qualities that are mostly consistent through time and many situations of a person’s life. The authors also talk about with distinctive it addresses psychological features that make people different from each other and with contribute meaning the psychological factors that influence and will explain an individual’s...
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...“One problem with the focus on speculation is that it tends to promote the growth of the great intellectual cancer of our times: conspiracy theories.” ~ Gary Weiss. This quote means that, if there is a problem or something sounds suspicious, we will investigate it and come up with our own reasons for why it happened. Though sometimes the theory we come up with may sound stupid, we still believe it. The conspiracy theories are intellectual cancer because some theories actually sound more believable than others and it just spreads and becomes an epidemic. Some theories are just that interesting. Would you trust a memory that felt as real as all your other memories, and if other people confirmed that they remembered it too? Even if it was false?...
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...A nursing theory is a structured framework of concepts and purposes intended to guide the nursing practice. Nursing theories are important in nursing practice as they allow the nurses to use their critical thinking and analytical skills to improve concept comprehension. The use of nursing theories in the practice can bring new knowledge and can influence the future nursing practice. Nursing theories developed to describe the nursing care, guide the nursing practice and provide a foundation for clinical decision making. The foundation of the nursing theory was placed by Florence Nightingale. The first nursing theory established in the late 1800s when there was a strong emphasis on the nursing education took place. There are several nursing...
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...Conspiracy theories fascinate and open people's mind to strange, but potentially true possibilities. Conspiracy theories have been around since the beginning of time, and have had an influence on the lives of skeptics. But why do people believe in them? What makes them so interesting? People that study human patterns have discovered that humans believe in conspiracy theories because of human gullibility. Human gullibility is seen mostly through conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories happen because skeptics believe there is more to know about a specific event that has happened. Also, humans lack trust in their governments which has affected the way people act and think. Scientists have researched the human brain and have discovered patterns in the human brain. One of the patterns is human gullibility/curiosity. Humans are a curious species. They...
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...evaluate the contributions of psychological research (theories and/or studies) to our understanding of the formation of relationships (24 marks) One theory of formation of relationships that has contributed to our understanding of the formation of relationships, is the reward/need satisfaction theory. Byrne and Clove suggest that this theory means mutual attraction occurs when each partner meets the other persons need through operant conditioning. This might be the need for financial satisfaction or love etc. The rewards and needs can come from various factors. One of these factors is proximity which describes the distance between you and the potential partner. If the proximity is close then the reward gained is less effort being put in in having to see them. Another factor similarity refers to how similar you are to the potential partner in regards to the interests you both share i.e. religion, beliefs, music etc. The more similar you are the high the reward of enjoying each other’s company. A last factor is physical attractiveness referring to how attractive you think the potential partner is. A supporting study was done by Cate et al where he asked 337 individuals to assess their existing relationships in terms of reward level and satisfaction. The results found that reward levels was the most superior out of all other factors in determining relationship satisfaction. This therefore increases the reliability of the ‘Need/Satisfaction Theory’ and does explain why we form romantic...
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...How are theory and research related to each other? Discuss in detail and refer to the major components of research design (the sample design, the data collection design, and the data analysis design). The relationship between theory and research: Theory is defined as a systematic explanation for a set of facts and laws. Theory in relationship to research provides the hypothesis; therefore it is the source of one's research project. Theory is a motivation for undertaking Social research; research test, modifies, and expands social theory. A researcher can use theory for direction in choosing a research design or work with in limited theoretical expectations. In either format, research is structured by ideas and expectations created through use of abstract, logical reasoning. Theory is one of the three main elements in the traditional model of scientific method. In this model, developing a theory begins with an interest in some aspect of the real world. one's theoretical analysis of the social factors believed to affect the research topic, clarifies the possible relationship among factors known as variables. Through the next element, operational, the theoretical considerations results in the formation of a hypothesis. The hypothesis defines general cause and effect concepts known as research variables which are illustrated in a model. The variables are denoted by the letters X, being the independent variable or cause, and the Y, the dependent variable or...
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...Week 5 Literature Review 1. Transparency is not a One-Way Street, (2003). Disaster Prevention and Management, 12(1), 71-72. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/214378197?accountid=14872 This article reviews how the red Cross has not been transparent with its dealings and how this has caused a mistrust between the organization and the public. This article applies to how the Red Cross is not providing information to the public and this is causing many problems internally and externally for the organization 2. Red Cross, (2015). Mission, Vision and Value Statement of the Red Cross. Retrieved from www.redcross.org This site explains what the Red Cross is trying to accomplish and how it operates. This site states what the true mission is and what is expected of the members. This site gives an insight into what the Red Cross is doing wrong. 3. Foster, R. (1950). The American Red Cross: A History. NY: Harper and Brothers. This book contains the history of the Red Cross and what the organization was meant to be and it gives a look into where the mission began to fail. 4. Gilbo, P. (1981). The American Red Cross. New York: Harper and Row. This book gives information on the Charter between the US Government and the American red Cross. This information covers the Charter and how FEMA and the Red Cross are suppose to work together in a disaster. 5. Allen, J. (2005). The Scandalous History of the Red Cross. CounterPunch: Petrolia...
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