Description
Product ID: | 9781412942355 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Applied Social Research Methods |
Title: | Configurational Comparative Methods |
Subtitle: | Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Related Techniques |
Authors: | Author: Benoit Rihoux, Charles C. Ragin |
Page Count: | 240 |
Subjects: | Social research and statistics, Social research & statistics |
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. Configurational Comparative Methods paves the way for an innovative approach to empirical scientific work through a strategy that integrates key strengths of both qualitative (case-oriented) and quantitative (variable-oriented) approaches. This first-of-its-kind text is ideally suited for "small-N" or "intermediate-N" research situations, which both mainstream qualitative and quantitative methods find difficult to address. Benoît Rihoux and Charles C. Ragin, along with their contributing authors, offer both a basic, comparative research design overview and a technical and hands-on review of Crisp-Set QCA (csQCA), Multi-Value QCA (mvQCA), and Fuzzy-Set QCA (fsQCA). Key Features
Intended Audience A must for any student or researcher who wants to engage in systematic cross-case comparison in the social and behavioral sciences, the book is ideal for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level social science research methods courses. |
Imprint Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
Publisher Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2008-09-04 |