The added value of multi-value qualitative comparative analysis

Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Haesebrouck, Tim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Causal complexity; Comparative analysis; Methodology; Multi value QCA; Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948844289     PISSN: 14385627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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