Configurational Comparative Methods
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Configurational Comparative Methods

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Related Techniques

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Configurational Comparative Methods

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Related Techniques

About this book

Configurational Comparative Methods paves the way for an innovative approach to empirical scientific work through a strategy that integrates key strengths of both qualitative (case-oriented) and quantitative (variable-oriented) approaches. This first-of-its-kind text is ideally suited for "small-N" or "intermediate-N" research situations, which both mainstream qualitative and quantitative methods find difficult to address. Benoît Rihoux and Charles C. Ragin, along with their contributing authors, offer both a basic, comparative research design overview and a technical and hands-on review of Crisp-Set QCA (csQCA), Multi-Value QCA (mvQCA), and Fuzzy-Set QCA (fsQCA).

Key Features

  • Discusses existing applications in many different fields and disciplines along with state-of-the-art coverage of the strengths and limitations of these techniques
  • Demonstrates further inventive ways of using QCA techniques
  • Provides advice on how to develop a comparative research design (case and variable selection) as well as a specific technique called MSDO/MDSO (most similar, different outcome/most different, same outcome).
  • Shows how to perform the technical operations linked to three specific QCA techniques: csQCA, mvQCA, and fsQCA
  • Includes a glossary, an extensive bibliography, and a detailed list of good practices at every stage of the research process

Intended Audience

A must for any student or researcher who wants to engage in systematic cross-case comparison in the social and behavioral sciences, the book is ideal for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level social science research methods courses.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Brief Contents
  4. Detailed Contents
  5. List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 - Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as an Approach
  9. 2 - Comparative Research Design
  10. 3 - Crisp-Set Qualitative Comoparative Analysis (csQCA)
  11. 4 - Multi-Value QCA (mvQCA)
  12. 5 - Qualitative Comparative Analysis Using Fuzzy Sets (fsQCA)
  13. 6 - A Commented Review of Applications
  14. 7 - Addressing the Critiques of QCA
  15. 8 - Conclusions - The Way(s) Ahead
  16. Glossary
  17. References
  18. Index
  19. About the Editors
  20. About the Contributors