TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mello,Patrick A.
TI  - Qualitative comparative analysis: an introduction to research design and application 
SN  - 9781647121440
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - Georgetown University Press
KW  - social sciences
KW  - statistics
KW  - methodology
KW  - statistical methods
KW  - research
N1  - SIP2201; Includes bibliographical references and index; Research design -- Set theory -- Causation and causal complexity -- Calibrating sets -- Measures of fit -- Set-theoretic analysis -- QCA variants -- QCA and its critics
N2  - "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"--
ER  -