Arbitrariness in theory building: The glory and price of parsimoniousness

Keyphrases

• Parsimoniousness 100%
• School Improvement 66%
• Policy Enactment 66%
• Principal Efficacy 66%
• Student Learning 33%
• School Leaders 33%
• Student Achievement 33%
• Positive Impact 33%
• School Principals 33%
• Education Reform 33%
• Instructional Leadership 33%
• Senior Teachers 33%
• Leadership Practices 33%
• Transformational Leadership 33%
• Analytic Technique 33%
• Policy Leader 33%
• Achievement Data 33%
• Principal Value 33%
• Path Analytic Model 33%
• Leadership Theory 33%
• Dynamic Impact 33%
• Educational Model 33%
• Rival Models 33%
• Relative Significance 33%

Social Sciences

• Theory Building 100%
• Student Learning 50%
• Research 50%
• Academic Achievement 50%
• Instructional Leadership 50%
• Transformational Leadership 50%
• Value Added 50%
• Educational Models 50%
• Leadership Theory 50%
• Leader Efficacy 50%

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

• Theory Building 100%
• Student Learning 50%
• Value Added 50%
• Leader Efficacy 50%
• Leadership Theory 50%