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Author: Carsten Q. Schneider Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1009307142 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 275
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A comprehensive introduction to SMMR (set-theoretic multi-method research), the applied combination of QCA and case studies, using R software.
Author: Carsten Q. Schneider Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1009307142 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 275
Book Description
A comprehensive introduction to SMMR (set-theoretic multi-method research), the applied combination of QCA and case studies, using R software.
Author: Jason Seawright Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107097711 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 247
Book Description
This book provides the first systematic guide to designing multi-method research, considering a wide range of statistical and qualitative tools.
Author: Carsten Q. Schneider Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1139560611 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 369
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Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and other set-theoretic methods distinguish themselves from other approaches to the study of social phenomena by using sets and the search for set relations. In virtually all social science fields, statements about social phenomena can be framed in terms of set relations, and using set-theoretic methods to investigate these statements is therefore highly valuable. This book guides readers through the basic principles of set theory and then on to the applied practices of QCA. It provides a thorough understanding of basic and advanced issues in set-theoretic methods together with tricks of the trade, software handling and exercises. Most arguments are introduced using examples from existing research. The use of QCA is increasing rapidly and the application of set-theory is both fruitful and still widely misunderstood in current empirical comparative social research. This book provides the comprehensive guide to these methods for researchers across the social sciences.
Author: Carsten Q. Schneider Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781009307192 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 0
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A state-of-the-art comprehensive exposition of combining Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and case studies, this book facilitates the efficient use and independent learning of this form of SMMR (set-theoretic multi-method research) with the best available software. It will reduce the time and effort required when performing both QCA and case studies within the same research project. This is achieved by spelling out the conceptual principles and practices in SMMR, and by introducing a tailor-made R software package. With an applied and practical focus, this is an intuitive resource for implementing the most complete protocol of SMMR. Features include Learning Goals, Core Points, and Empirical Examples, as well as boxed examples of R codes and the R output it produces. There is also a glossary for key SMMR terms. Additional online material is available, comprising machine-readable datasets and R scripts for replication and independent learning.
Author: Ioana-Elena Oana Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1316518728 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 249
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"This book offers a hands-on introduction and teaching resource for students, users, and teachers of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA; Ragin, 1987, 2000, 2008b). Given its superior ability to model certain aspects of complexity, QCA has made inroads into virtually every social science discipline and beyond. Software solutions for QCA have also been developing at a fast pace. This book seeks to reduce the time and effort required when we first encounter the logic of not just a new method but also new software. It offers a genuinely simple, intuitive, and hands-on resource for implementing the state-of-the-art protocol of QCA using R, the most advanced software environment for QCA. Our book has an applied and practical focus"--
Author: Gary Goertz Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691174121 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 312
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An innovative and accessible textbook on multimethod and case-study research Multimethod research has become indispensable to doing social science, and is essential to anyone who conducts large-scale research projects in political science, sociology, education, comparative law, or business. This authoritative and accessible book offers the first truly comprehensive approach to multimethod and case-study research, and is particularly aimed at students of qualitative methods in the social sciences. Walking step-by-step through these cutting-edge tools and techniques, Gary Goertz introduces a new integrated approach that unites three corners of a powerful research triad—causal mechanisms, cross-case causal inference, and within-case causal inference. He explains how the investigation of causal mechanisms and the making of within-case causal inference are the central goals of multimethod and case study research, and provides a logic for connecting case studies and causal mechanism analysis with cross-case analysis, whether they are statistical analyses, experiments, or QCA. In addition, Goertz analyzes how one can generalize using case studies, as well as systematically test game-theoretic and other models using multiple case studies. Provides a fully integrated approach to multimethod and case-study research An essential resource for students and researchers in political science, sociology, education, law, and business Covers constraint causal mechanism, game theory and case studies, QCA, and the use of case studies to systematically test and generalize theories An ideal textbook for a first-year graduate course in methods or research design
Author: Benoît Rihoux Publisher: SAGE ISBN: 1412942357 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 241
Book Description
This new addition to the Applied Social Research Methods series is unrivalled, it is written by leaders in the growing field of rigorous, comparative techniques.
Author: Patrick A. Mello Publisher: Georgetown University Press ISBN: 1647121469 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 262
Book Description
Qualitative Comparative Analysis: An Introduction to Research Design and Application is a comprehensive guide to QCA. As QCA becomes increasingly popular across the social sciences, this textbook teaches students, scholars, and self-learners the fundamentals of the method, research design, interpretation of results, and how to present findings.
Author: Alrik Thiem Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1461445841 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 109
Book Description
Social science theory often builds on sets and their relations. Correlation-based methods of scientific enquiry, however, use linear algebra and are unsuited to analyzing set relations. The development of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) by Charles Ragin has given social scientists a formal tool for identifying set-theoretic connections based on Boolean algebra. As a result, interest in this method has markedly risen among social scientists in recent years. This book offers the first complete introduction on how to perform QCA in the R software environment for statistical computing and graphics with the QCA package. Developed as a comprehensive solution, QCA provides an unprecedented scope of functionality for analyzing crisp, multi-value and fuzzy sets. The reader is not required to have knowledge of R, but the book assumes an understanding of the fundamentals of QCA. Using examples from published work, the authors demonstrate how to make the most of QCA’s wide-ranging capabilities for the reader’s own purposes. Although mainly written for political scientists, this book is also of interest to scholars from other disciplines in the social sciences such as sociology, business, management, organization, anthropology, education and health.
Author: John Gerring Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1139503774 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 523
Book Description
John Gerring's exceptional textbook has been thoroughly revised in this second edition. It offers a one-volume introduction to social science methodology relevant to the disciplines of anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology and sociology. This new edition has been extensively developed with the introduction of new material and a thorough treatment of essential elements such as conceptualization, measurement, causality and research design. It is written for students, long-time practitioners and methodologists and covers both qualitative and quantitative methods. It synthesizes the vast and diverse field of methodology in a way that is clear, concise and comprehensive. While offering a handy overview of the subject, the book is also an argument about how we should conceptualize methodological problems. Thinking about methodology through this lens provides a new framework for understanding work in the social sciences.
Author: Carsten Q. Schneider
Author: Carsten Q. Schneider
Author: Jason Seawright
Author: Carsten Q. Schneider
Author: Carsten Q. Schneider
Author: Ioana-Elena Oana
Author: Gary Goertz
Author: Benoît Rihoux
Author: Patrick A. Mello
Author: Alrik Thiem
Author: John Gerring