ISBN:
9781461445845
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1283624338
,
9781283624336
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIII, 99 p. 20 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerBriefs in Political Science 5
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Thiem, Alrik Qualitative comparative analysis with R
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Statistics
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
;
Statistics
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Programming Languages
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Statistics as Topic
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Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted
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Qualitative Sozialforschung
;
Methode
;
Qualitative Sozialforschung
;
Vergleichende Forschung
;
R
;
Qualitative Sozialforschung
;
Vergleichende Forschung
;
R
Abstract:
Social science theory often builds on sets and their relations. Correlation-based methods of scientific enquiry, however, use linear algebra and are unsuited to analyzing set relations. The development of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) by Charles Ragin has given social scientists a formal tool for identifying set-theoretic connections based on Boolean algebra. As a result, interest in this method has markedly risen among social scientists in recent years. This book offers the first complete introduction on how to perform QCA in the R software environment for statistical computing and graphics with the QCA package. Developed as a comprehensive solution, QCA provides an unprecedented scope of functionality for analyzing crisp, multi-value and fuzzy sets. The reader is not required to have knowledge of R, but the book assumes an understanding of the fundamentals of QCA. Using examples from published work, the authors demonstrate how to make the most of QCA's wide-ranging capabilities for the reader's own purposes. Although mainly written for political scientists, this book is also of interest to scholars from other disciplines in the social sciences such as sociology, business, management, organization, anthropology, education and health
Abstract:
Almost all social science theory is based on sets and their relations. Correlation-based methods of scientific enquiry, however, are unsuited to analyzing set relations because causation is assumed to be symmetric. The development of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) by Charles Ragin has given social scientists a formal tool for identifying asymmetric set-theoretic connections. As a result, interest in this method has markedly risen among social scientists in recent years. This book offers the first complete introduction on how to conduct QCA in the R software environment for statistical
Description / Table of Contents:
Qualitative Comparative Analysis with R; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Introduction to R; 2.1 Installation and Usage; 2.2 Installing and Loading Packages; 2.3 Basic Operations, Functions and Values; 2.4 Using an Editor; 2.5 Objects and Assignments; 2.6 Data Structures; 2.6.1 Vectors; 2.6.2 Matrices; 2.6.3 Data Frames; 2.6.4 Lists; 2.7 Data Types; 2.8 Accessing Data; 2.9 Operations on Sets; 2.10 Operations on Set Memberships; 2.11 Importing and Exporting Data; 2.12 Finding Help; 3 Crisp-Set QCA; 3.1 Calibrating Crisp Sets; 3.2 Testing for Necessity
Description / Table of Contents:
3.2.1 Parameters of Fit3.2.2 Analyzing Necessity Relations; 3.2.3 Plotting Results; 3.3 Testing for Sufficiency; 3.3.1 Parameters of Fit; 3.3.2 Constructing the Truth Table; 3.3.3 Boolean Minimization; 3.3.4 Incorporating Logical Remainders; 3.3.5 Plotting Results; 4 Fuzzy-Set QCA; 4.1 Calibrating Fuzzy Sets; 4.1.1 Theoretical Preliminaries; 4.1.2 Direct Assignment; 4.1.3 Transformational Assignment; 4.2 Testing for Necessity; 4.2.1 Parameters of Fit; 4.2.2 Analyzing Necessity Relations; 4.2.3 Plotting Results; 4.3 Testing for Sufficiency; 4.3.1 Parameters of Fit
Description / Table of Contents:
4.3.2 Constructing the Truth Table4.3.3 Boolean Minimization; 4.3.4 Incorporating Logical Remainders; 4.3.5 Further Diagnostics; 4.3.6 Plotting Results; 5 QCA Extensions; 5.1 Multi-Value QCA; 5.1.1 Analyzing Necessity Relations; 5.1.2 Analyzing Sufficiency Relations; 5.2 Temporal QCA; References; Index;
Note:
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DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-4584-5
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