Description: Qualitative Comparative Analysis Using R A Beginner's Guide A comprehensive introduction and teaching resource for state-of-the-art Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) using R software. Ioana-Elena Oana (Author), Carsten Q. Schneider (Author), Eva Thomann (Author) 9781009009935, Cambridge University Press Paperback / softback, published 28 October 2021 180 pages 22.9 x 15.4 x 1.4 cm, 0.37 kg Social scientists interested in QCA should not miss this book. Oana, Schneider, and Thomann offer an introduction to QCA that is friendly, up to date, and technically advanced. The volume covers set relations, calibration of “crisp” and “fuzzy” sets, necessary conditions, sufficient configurations, temporality, advanced diagnostics, and post-QCA tools. Each chapter contains intuitive examples, advanced tips, and detailed implementation instructions in R. Aníbal Pérez-Liñán , University of Notre Dame A comprehensive introduction and teaching resource for state-of-the-art Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) using R software. This guide facilitates the efficient teaching, independent learning, and use of QCA with the best available software, reducing the time and effort required when encountering not just the logic of a new method, but also new software. With its applied and practical focus, the book offers a genuinely simple and intuitive resource for implementing the most complete protocol of QCA. To make the lives of students, teachers, researchers, and practitioners as easy as possible, the book includes learning goals, core points, empirical examples, and tips for good practices. The freely available online material provides a rich body of additional resources to aid users in their learning process. Beyond performing core analyses with the R package QCA, the book also facilitates a close integration with the R package SetMethods allowing for a host of additional protocols for building a more solid and well-rounded QCA. Part I. Getting started: Introduction: QCA in a nutshell Part II. Before the analytic moment: 2. Calibrating and combining sets Part III. During the analytic moment: 3. Necessary conditions 4. Sufficient conditions Part IV. After the analytic moment: 5. Rounding up solid a QCA 6. Post-QCA tools 7. Summary and outlook. Subject Areas: Comparative politics [JPB], Social research & statistics [JHBC], Research methods: general [GPS], Data analysis: general [GPH]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Comparative politics [JPB]
BIC Subject Area 2: Social research & statistics [JHBC]
BIC Subject Area 3: Research methods: general [GPS]
BIC Subject Area 4: Data analysis: general [GPH]
Book Title: Qualitative Comparative Analysis Using R
ISBN: 1009009931
Publication Date: 28/10/2021
Item Depth: 14
Subject Area: Political Sociology, Data Analysis, Social Research
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Width: 154 mm
Series: Methods for Social Inquiry
Author: Carsten Q. Schneider, Eva Thomann, Ioana-Elena Oana
Publication Name: Qualitative Comparative Analysis Using R: a Beginner's Guide
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subject: Classical Studies
Publication Year: 2021
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 370 g
Number of Pages: 180 Pages
