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Building the Theory of Ecological Rationality

Minds and Machines, 2015
While theories of rationality and decision making typically adopt either a single-powertool perspective or a bag-of-tricks mentality, the research program of ecological rationality bridges these with a theoretically-driven account of when different heuristic decision mechanisms will work well.
Todd, P., Brighton, H.
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Building Theory, Building Community

Social & Legal Studies, 1999
Critical race theory in the United States is at a crossroads. As a jurisprudence it seems to be a success story: the number of legal scholars affiliating themselves with the movement seems to be steadily expanding; works of critical race theory are widely cited; and the literature is slowly but steadily moving out from the legal academy to reach a ...
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Building a theory of IT compensation

Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research: The global information technology workforce, 2007
IT compensation is acknowledged as a critical lever to attract and retain IT professionals, as well as to reduce IT turnover. IT compensation planning is also recognized as a viable vehicle for organizations to cope with uncertainty at different levels.
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Theory-building with cases [PDF]

, 2009
Theory-building with cases is (a) formulating new propositions that emerge from the empirical evidence in a sample of cases and (b) testing them in the same sample. The main difference with most other forms of generating new propositions (such as analyzing the theoretical literature, brainstorming, etc.) is its empirical character.
Hak, A., Dul, J.
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Building theories in Nuprl

1989
This paper provides an account of how mathematical knowledge is represented, reasoned about, and used computationally in a mechanized constructive theorem proving environment. We accomplish this by presenting a particular theory developed in the Nuprl proof development system: finite set theory culminating in Ramsey's theorem.
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The grounded theory of “trust building”

Nursing Ethics, 2017
Background: Despite the growing importance of spiritual care, the delivery of spiritual care is still an area of disagreement among healthcare providers. Objective: To develop a grounded theory about spiritual care delivery based on Iranian nurses’ perceptions and experiences.
Monir, Ramezani, Fazlollah, Ahmadi, Eesa, Mohammadi, Anoshirvan, Kazemnejad   +3 more
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Building a Theory of Grandparent Development

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1997
A theory of grandparent development is described that includes the formulation of assumptions, goals for guiding instruction, curriculum design, and a measurement tool to assess learning needs and evaluate the effects of educational intervention.
R, Strom, S, Strom
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Commentary: Usability and Theory Building

Human–Computer Interaction, 2017
In the article “The Usability Construct: A Dead End?”, Noam Tractinsky (2017) argues that the construct of usability is in dire straits.
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Building a Theory

2007
Abstract This chapter examines the theory building activities illustrated in Figure 4.1 of the engaged scholarship process. The central objective of theory building is to develop plausible and interesting conceptual models that answer a question about the problem as formulated in the last chapter.
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Building Theory

Abstract This chapter focuses on three theoretical debates that help us to understand what policy reformers hope to gain from participatory institutions: decentralized governance, local accountability, and subnational democracy. Each of these debates is independent, but there is also overlap across them because all three relate to the ...
Brian Wampler, Michael Touchton
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