ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the purpose of theorizing in science. Theorizing is attempts to organize or make sense of observations and data, as opposed to experimental investigation. A scientific law is a statement, confirmed by repeated observation or experimentation, of how a given aspect of nature works. A theory may next be developed to explain the, underlying causes of the law's regularities. In his discussion on the emergence of scientific theories, Kuhn outlined a process that begins with the occurrence of an anomaly and ends with a paradigm shift. Being a disturbance of human communication, stuttering typically occurs in the context of verbal exchanges. In psychology, theory has been defined as, a provisional explanatory proposition, or set of propositions, concerning some natural phenomena. A hypothesis is a conjecture or surmise that states a relationship among variables. A model is a conceptual analogue that is used to suggest how empirical research on a problem might be pursued.
