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- Type III Theory: "Prediction. These theories are geared towards predicting what will happen, without explaining why. Examples are mathematical and probabilistic models of social and natural sciences."
- Type II Theory: "Explanation. Theories of this type explicitly explain. What constitutes an explanation is a nontrivial issue. However, a common view is that an explanation answers to a question of why something is..."
- Steps in Theory Building: "Step 1: Defining the Constructs of the Theory; Step 2: Defining the Propositions of the Theory; Step 3: Providing Explanations to Justify the Theory; Step 4: Determining the Scope of the Theory; St..."
- Type V Theory: "Design and action. These theories describe “how to do” things, that is, they are prescriptive. Design science (Simon, 1996; Hevner et al., 2004; Hevner and March, 2003; March and Smith, 1995) is in..."
- Theory explanation: "why are the [theory] propositions as specified … Why do the relationships hold? Answers to this question are what give the theory explanatory power (Type II and Type IV theories). Parts of this may..."
- Theory scope: "what is the universe of discourse in which the theory is applicable … Where, When, and for Whom does the theory apply? Scope conditions are statements that define the circumstances in which the the..."
- Type I Theory: "Analysis. Theories of this type include descriptions and conceptualizations of “what is.” Also included are taxonomies, classifications and ontologies in the sense of Gruber (1993). The lack of ex..."
- Theory construct: "what are the basic elements [of a theory] … each [theory] construct should belong to, or be derived from, one of the four archetype classes Actor, Technology, Activity and Software System. … What a..."
- Type IV Theory: "Explanation and prediction. Theories of this type combine the traits of II and III, and correspond to what many consider a “standard” conception of empirically-based theories."