The Comparative Advantages of fsQCA and Regression Analysis for Moderately Large-N Analyses

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 168-198

  Vis, Barbara ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ALMPs; comparative methods; fsQCA; number of cases; regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863632614     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124112442142     Document Type: Article

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