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Point/Counterpoint

Research on Social Work Practice Does not Benefit from Blurry Theory

A Response to Tomi Gomory

Bruce A. Thyer
Pages 51-66 | Published online: 20 Mar 2014

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Valerie Ringland, Michael A. Lewis & Daniel Dunleavy. (2021) Beyond the p-value: Bayesian Statistics and Causation. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work 18:3, pages 284-307.
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Trond Heitmann. (2017) The construction of social work in Brazil: a study of scientific texts. European Journal of Social Work 20:5, pages 666-684.
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Katarina Piuva. (2007) The Case of Psychosocial Work: The Pedagogic Discourse of Psychosocial Education in Sweden 1938–1989. Social Work Education 26:3, pages 261-279.
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Eva Johnsson & Kerstin Svensson. (2005) Theory in social work—some reflections on understanding and explaining interventions Teori i socialt arbete—några reflektioner om att förstå och förklara interventioner . European Journal of Social Work 8:4, pages 419-433.
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Bruce A. Thyer. (2002) Popper, Positivism, and Practice Research. Journal of Social Work Education 38:3, pages 471-474.
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Eileen Munro. (2002) The Role of Theory in Social Work Research. Journal of Social Work Education 38:3, pages 461-470.
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Anthony Sainz & Irwin Epstein. (2002) Creating Experimental Analogs with Available Clinical Information. Social Work in Health Care 33:3-4, pages 163-183.
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Tomi Gomory. (2001) Critical Rationalism (Gomory’s Blurry Theory) or Positivism (Thyer’s Theoretical Myopia). Journal of Social Work Education 37:1, pages 67-78.
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Gerald de Montigny. (2016) Ethnomethodology for Social Work. Qualitative Social Work 6:1, pages 95-120.
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