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Chapter 2: The Art of Theory Building

Chapter 2: The Art of Theory Building

pp. 11-19

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, Texas A & M University, , Texas A & M University, , George Washington University, Washington DC
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Summary

One of our emphases in FSR has been on producing new causal theories, and then evaluating whether or not those theories are supported by evidence. In this chapter, we describe how to explore sources of variation – both across space, and across time – to get you started thinking about new explanations for interesting phenomena. We also help you explore how new theories can be built upon the existing work in the literature.

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