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Research Without a Theory

Can you do research without a theory?

Greetings Beloved Kin,

That was a question on my mind, likely influenced by the curiosity of the aspects of thought influenced by the Monkey/CHUEN.

Theory plays a vital role in research. Theory provides explanation, understanding and meaningfulness to research. Theory helps to predict facts and to identify unexplored areas/research areas. Research without theory is less emphatic to establish the relationship among attributes, variables or data.

ICFAI offers one answer in the IUJ Journal of  Management in their article, “Role of Theory In Research And Its Importance.”

It doesn’t make any sense to me.

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