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Redesigning Social Inquiry: Fuzzy Sets and Beyond

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Author: Charles C. Ragin
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 240
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6

ISBN: 0226702758
Dewey Decimal Number: 300.72
EAN: 9780226702759
ASIN: 0226702758

Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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DIVFor over twenty years Charles C. Ragin has been at the forefront of the development of innovative methods for social scientists. In IRedesigning Social Inquiry/I, he continues his campaign to revitalize the field, challenging major aspects of the conventional template for social science research while offering a clear alternative. BR IRedesigning Social Inquiry/I provides a substantive critique of the standard approach to social research#8212;namely, assessing the relative importance of causal variables drawn from competing theories. Instead, Ragin proposes the use of set-theoretic methods to find a middle path between quantitative and qualitative research. Through a series of contrasts between fuzzy-set analysis and conventional quantitative research, Ragin demonstrates the capacity for set-theoretic methods to strengthen connections between qualitative researchers#8217; deep knowledge of their cases and quantitative researchers#8217; elaboration of cross-case patterns. Packed with useful examples, IRedesigning Social Inquiry/I will be indispensable to experienced professionals and to budding scholars about to embark on their first project./DIV

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