Qualitative comparative analysis
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Jean-Frédéric MORIN, Christian OLSSON, and Ece ÖZLEM ATIKCAN (eds), Research methods in the social sciences : an A-Z of key concepts, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021, pp. 229-232
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KALOMENI, Kevin, WAGEMANN, Claudius, Qualitative comparative analysis, in Jean-Frédéric MORIN, Christian OLSSON, and Ece ÖZLEM ATIKCAN (eds), Research methods in the social sciences : an A-Z of key concepts, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021, pp. 229-232 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/73087
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This chapter examines qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), which strives to bridge the methodological rift between case study-based research and quantitative studies. QCA belongs to the broader family of configurational comparative methods (CCMs). From an analytical perspective, QCA can be distinguished from quantitative approaches. The emphasis shifts from covariance to the analysis of set relations. Being strongly tied to a profound theoretical and conceptual reasoning which is typical for comparison in general, the analysis of set relations is based on three steps: first, a score is attributed to a social phenomenon (representing either a dichotomous or a graded set membership), usually in relation to other phenomena. Second, necessary conditions are defined. Third, through the help of a truth table analysis, (combinations of) sufficient conditions are analysed.