Configurational Comparative Methods: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (Repost)
Benoît Rihoux, "Configurational Comparative Methods: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Related Techniques (Applied Social Research Methods)"
Sage Publications, Inc | English | 2008-08-14 | ISBN: 1412942357 | 240 pages | PDF | 50.3 mb
Sage Publications, Inc | English | 2008-08-14 | ISBN: 1412942357 | 240 pages | PDF | 50.3 mb
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).