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050 0 0 _aH62
_b.M38 2021
060 _aWA 20.5
082 0 0 _a300.72/1
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100 1 _aMello, Patrick A.,
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aQualitative comparative analysis :
_ban introduction to research design and application /
_cPatrick A. Mello
264 1 _aWashington, DC :
_bGeorgetown University Press,
_cc2021.
264 4 _c©2021
300 _axix, 241 pages :
_billustrations, charts ;
_c26 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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500 _aBook.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 211- 234) and index
505 0 _a1. 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
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher
650 0 _aSocial sciences
_xResearch
_xMethodology
650 0 _aSocial sciences
_xStatistical methods
856 _yhttps://nhrc.gov.np/contact/
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