Assessing the robustness of crisp-set and fuzzy-set QCA results

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 391-408

  Skaaning, Svend Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

configurational comparative methods; crisp set; fuzzy set; QCA results; robustness tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956115976     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124111404818     Document Type: Article

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