Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences - A Guide to Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Informationen zum Autor Carsten Q. Schneider is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies at Central European University, Hungary. Claudius Wagemann is Lecturer in the Doctoral Program in Political Science at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (SUM), Florence. Klappentext A 'user's guide' to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and the methodological family of set-theoretic methods in social science. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive guide to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). Helpful for beginners and insightful for advanced users! this book will appeal to those who want to know what QCA is and how it functions and to those who are planning to apply QCA in their research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Set-Theoretic Methods: The Basics: 1. Sets, set membership, and calibration; 2. Notions and operations in set theory; 3. Set relations; 4. Truth tables; Part II. Neat Formal Logic Meets Noisy Social Science Data: 5. Parameters of fit; 6. Limited diversity and logical remainders; 7. The truth table algorithm; Part III. Potential Pitfalls and Suggestions for Solutions: 8. Potential pitfalls in the standard analysis procedure and suggestions for improvement; 9. Potential pitfalls in the analysis of necessity and sufficiency and suggestions for avoiding them; Part IV. Variants of QCA as a Technique Meet QCA as an Approach: 10. Variants of QCA; 11. Data analysis technique meets set-theoretic approach; 12. Looking back: looking ahead; Glossary.

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• Authors: Carsten Q. Schneider, Carsten Q. (Central European University Schneider, Carsten Q. Wagemann Schneider, Schneider Carsten Q., Claudius Wagemann, Wagemann Claudius
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9781107013520
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01352-0
• No. of pages: 370
• Series: Strategies for Social Inquiry; Strategies for Social Inquiry
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Society & social sciences, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Politics & government, Sociology & anthropology, Social research and statistics, Research methods: general