HLTHAGE 2BB3 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 1 - 6: Gerontology, Social Theory, Migration Period
18 Apr 2020
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De ne theory as "the construction of explicit explanations in accounting for empirical ndings. The most important part of this de nition is the explanation - what theories ds is explain something. They provide explanations by stating casual relationships in that connect processes or events. They explain things that have been, or can be, empirically observed; that is, data based ndings (from any number of sources-interviews, administrative data, textual materials, laboratory trails and so on) Some explanatory schemes are called theoretical perspectives, rather than, theories. Theoretical perspectives are not as tightly organized as theories, offering more loosely linked explanations. In a deductive approach the theory is derived by a logical pattern of thought i i. Once the theory is thought through using rules of logic, the data gathering begins. This strategy accents the testing of theories and their subsequent revision resulting from new data.
