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This chapter aims to describe how theories developed in the context of nursing science can be empirically tested. This chapter provides a definition for theory testing, and describes the process of statistically testing a theory and highlights several limitations of theory testing.
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Kääriäinen, M., Mikkonen, K., Kyngäs, H. (2020). Statistical Testing of a Theory. In: Kyngäs, H., Mikkonen, K., Kääriäinen, M. (eds) The Application of Content Analysis in Nursing Science Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30199-6_9
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