Whilst a review team may initially have theories that they believe to be in operation to explain why certain outcomes occur, a key element in realist review is to explore the presence of these 'educated guess' theories and where applicable, test their explanatory value.
James Gorman, who runs Merrill's brokerage operation, declined to explain that position.
He was alone, with neither Lewis nor the club's chief of football operations, Vinny Cerrato, available to explain themselves.
In this excerpt, VICE News meets with the men behind a small-scale shabu operation in Manila, to explain how their business was borne out of a profound lack of opportunities, coupled with corruption in both the Philippine police and government.
He called the nap flap "nonsense," and said that he had not been going to address it until his wife, Rose, and Mark Chernoff, WFAN's operations manager, urged him to explain what happened.
Eric Grubman, the N.F.L.'s executive vice president for business operations, was called on to explain how roughly 1,250 people holding tickets for the game were displaced or turned away because sections of temporary bleachers were declared unsafe and unusable.
Even for small operations, it is important to explain how you heard about the job.
He said: "Suddenly they see a huge police operation and you have to explain.
In other words, Mr. Obama's turnout operation might be enough to explain why the Electoral College slightly favored him rather than being essentially neutral.
