Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-231) and index.
Contents:
Part I. Getting Started : 1. Introduction: QCA in a nutshell -- Part II. Before the Analytic Moment : 2. Calibrating and combining sets -- Part III. During the Analytic Moment : 3. Necessary conditions -- 4. Sufficient conditions -- Part IV. After the Analytic Moment : 5. Rounding up solid a QCA -- 6. Post-QCA tools -- 7. Summary and outlook.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.