Carsten Q. Schneider (Budapest Central European University), Claudius Wagemann

Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A 'user's guide' to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and the methodological family of set-theoretic methods in social science.

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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.

Produktdetails

• Strategies for Social Inquiry
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9781107601130
• ISBN-10: 1107601134
• Artikelnr.: 35911216

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.