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One student wrote: “Theory in research constitutes the interrelated concepts and definitions that are used in forming a hypothesis that is used to describe the relationship between contrasts. It is a model that enables the reader to gain a better understanding of complex phenomena through the representation of a portion of the reality.”
Question: A theory can also be viewed as a tool. In addition to seeing theory as a tool, a theory consists of relational statements (Grove, Bums & Gray, 2013). What are the characteristics of relational statements?