Analytic induction for social research

This book explores analytic induction, an approach to the analysis of cross-case evidence on qualitative outcomes that has deep roots in sociology. A popular research technique in the early decades of empirical sociology, analytic induction differs fundamentally as a method of social research from c...

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1. Verfasser: Ragin, Charles C
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oakland University of California Press 2023
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ISBN:0520393732, 9780520393738
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  • Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. The Logic of Analytic Induction -- 1. Classic Analytic Induction -- 2. Reconciling Disconfirming Cases -- 3. Explaining Variation versus Explaining Outcomes -- 4. The Uses of "Negative" Cases in Social Research -- Part Two. Generalized Analytic Induction -- 5. Classic versus Generalized Analytic Induction -- 6. The Interpretive Logic of Generalized Analytic Induction -- 7. Generalized Analytic Induction: A Step-by-Step Guide -- 8. Using Generalized AI to Reanalyze Viterna's Study of Women's Mobilization into the Salvadoran Guerrilla Army -- 9. Applying Generalized AI to Conventional Quantitative Data -- 10. Core Features of Generalized Analytic Induction -- Appendix A. Brief Overview of Qualitative Comparative Analysis -- Appendix B. Fuzzy Sets -- Appendix C. Using fsQCA Software to Implement Generalized AI -- Appendix D. Converting "Sum-of-Products" Expressions to "Product-of-Sums" Expressions -- Appendix E. Measures Used in Logistic Regression Analysis -- Notes -- References -- Index