Exploring the consequences of a recalibration of causal conditions when assessing sufficiency with fuzzy set QCA

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 387-401

  Glaesser, Judith ^a   Cooper, Barry ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calibration; consistency index; fuzzy sets; Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA); sufficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901697257     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2013.769782     Document Type: Article

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