TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mello,Patrick A.
TI  - Qualitative comparative analysis: an introduction to research design and application 
SN  - 9781647121440
AV  - H62 .M38 2021
U1  - 300.72/1 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - Georgetown University Press
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Statistical methods
N1  - Book; Includes bibliographical references (pages 211- 234) and index; 1. Qualitative comparative analysis in the social sciences -- 2. Research design -- 3. Set theory -- 4. Causation and causal complexity -- 5. Calibrating sets -- 6. Measures of fit -- 7. Set-theoretic analysis -- 8. QCA variants -- 9. QCA and its critics -- 10. Guiding principles for QCA research
N2  - "Social phenomena can rarely be attributed to single causes. Drawing on set theory and the language of necessary and sufficient conditions, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a case-based research method that is ideally suited to capture causal complexity. QCA regards cases as combinations of conditions. It compares the conditions of each case in a structured way to identify the necessary and sufficient conditions for an outcome. While QCA has become increasingly popular and seen a substantial increase of applications across the social sciences and management, introductory textbooks have not kept pace with this development. In this textbook, Patrick A. Mello teaches students, scholars, and self-learners the fundamentals of QCA, research design, interpretation of results, and how to communicate findings. This concise and accessible textbook provides a hands-on introduction to QCA that will be ideal for use within a broader qualitative methods course and in intensive short courses"--
ER  -