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Definitions of a theoretical framework are easy to find, but worked examples drawn from real theses are scarce. This article reproduces five frameworks from completed doctoral and master's theses in business, applied linguistics, education and English, with page references so that each can be followed into the study it informed. Together they show that a framework may supply measurable variables, emerge from a review of how a field developed, combine several theories with distinct roles, be stated in two sentences and then applied, or serve as an interpretive lens.

For each example the article identifies the theory's central claim and the questions it enabled the study to pose, and it concludes by drawing out the features the five share. It is suited to research-design and thesis-preparation courses at master's and doctoral level. The article is the formal edition of a piece first published by Grad Coach and is released under CC BY 4.0.

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