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... the primary requirement of a theory is that it should be useful. This comes even before the requirement that it should be accurate ... Theories, whether inarticulate or well worked out and backed by plenty of evidence, are primarily ways of organising experience and data. They are containers for it, which enable it to be drawn upon, applied to different situations, used, learned from and built on. The test of a good theory is therefore whether it enables us to make use of experience. (Atherton, 1986, p. 106)
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Douglas, T. (1993). Implications. In: A Theory of Groupwork Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22601-6_10
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