Case-Oriented Configura-Tional Research: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (Qca), Fuzzy Sets, and Related Techniques

The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rihoux, Benoît ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Case oriented configurational research; Causal inference; Fuzzy sets; Models; Qualitative comparative analysis; Software

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EID: 84924029824     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199286546.003.0031     Document Type: Chapter

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