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Configurational Comparative Methods: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Related Techniques (Applied Social Research Methods)

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Authors: Benoit Rihoux, Charles C. Ragin
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7

ISBN: 1412942357
Dewey Decimal Number: 300.72
EAN: 9781412942355
ASIN: 1412942357

Publication Date: August 14, 2008
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pbConfigurational Comparative Methods/b 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. Benoit 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)./pp/ppbKey Features/b/pp/pulliDiscusses existing applications in many different fields and disciplines along with state-of-the-art coverage of the strengths and limitations of these techniques/liliDemonstrates further inventive ways of using QCA techniques/liliProvides 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)./liliShows how to perform the technical operations linked to three specific QCA techniques: csQCA, mvQCA, and fsQCA/liliIncludes a glossary, an extensive bibliography, and a detailed list of good practices at every stage of the research process/li/ulp/ppbIntended Audience/b/pp/ppA 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./pp/p

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