Theory Construction and Model-Building Skills: A Practical Guide for Social Scientists

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Clarity out of chaos: Use of theory in implementation research. (2020, background): “These theories must have sufficient scientific consensus with supporting evidence though they may have pockets of dissent within the scientific community (Jaccard and Jacoby, 2009).”
Eight Simple Guidelines for Improved Understanding of Transformations and Nonlinear Effects (2021, methodology): “In this case, the functional form should be chosen empirically based on the data (Jaccard & Jacoby, 2020, p. 222; Nikolaeva et al., 2015).”