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Theory and Educational Research: Toward Critical Social Explanation (Critical Youth Studies) (1st Edition) by Jean Anyon, Michael J. Dumas, Darla Linville, Kathleen Nolan, Madeine Perez Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-415-99042-4 / 0415990424 ISBN-13: 978-0-415-99042-4 / 9780415990424 Most empirical researchers avoid the use of theory in their studies, providing data but little or no social explanation. Theoreticians, on the other hand, rarely test their ideas with empirical projects. As this groundbreaking volume makes clear, however, neither data nor theory alone is adequate to |