Primer in Theory Construction: An A&B Classics Edition

Paul Davidson Reynolds

Jul 2015 · Routledge

About this ebook

• Written at an introductory level, for students who have already studied one or more of the social, behavioral, or natural sciences, but have no formal background in how scientific knowledge is constructed.
• Discusses scientific theories in general terms, but focuses mainly on the construction and testing of theories in the social and behavioral sciences.
• Uses specific examples from sociology, psychology, economics, and political science to explain paradigms and forms of theories.
• A set of exercises at the end of the book provides opportunities to apply the principles described to actual theories.

About the author

Paul Davidson Reynolds has been the author or co-author of five books; seven edited collections; 42 research reports and monographs; 85 peer review journal articles and book chapters; eight data sets placed in public archives; and over two hundred presentations to professional and policy audiences. He served as the director of the Babson Research Conference from 1996 to 2000 and as co-director of the George Washington University-ICSB research conference from 2010 to 2012. In 2004 he received the annual Swedish International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research and in 2012 the Dedication to Entrepreneurship (Research) Award from the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division.