In this article the authors argue that the social sciences are clinical-like endeavors, and the sophisticated way that sister fields discover and validate their results may inform research practice in education. The authors provide a brief introduction to three sister fields: engineering product design, research on the diffusion of innovations, and management analysis of institutional change.
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