Applied Research and Social Theory

Darnell F. Hawkins
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Darnell F. Hawkins: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Evaluation Review, 1978, vol. 2, issue 1, 141-152

Abstract: Applied research has the potential for greatly enriching social theory Many of the metatheoretical assumptions that underlie social theory are seldom explicitly stated. The attempted application of theory and postapplication analysis often bring these assumptions to the fore. Applied research also allows for a more rigorous testing of theory than that which is possible in nonapplied research. In this paper an effort is made to delineate some aspects of the relationship between applied social research and theory through the use of cultural deprivation theorizing and investigations.

Date: 1978
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X7800200108

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