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SUMMARY:Comparative Research Designs
DESCRIPTION:The purpose of this course is to provide training on all aspects that enable a researcher to build and implement the most appropriate comparative research design – the latter broadly defined as any research enterprise that comprises at least two ‘cases’ or observations. \nOn the one hand\, the course will cover a few fundamental upstream questions: why compare; what is the added value of comparison? What are the logical underpinnings and mental operations behind comparison? What should be the mindset of a good comparative researcher? What should be his/her goals? What is the link between a research puzzle and the choice for a comparative research design? \nOn the other hand\, the practicalities of different types of comparative research designs will be examined in detail\, by following all the hands-on steps: \n(1) prior arbitrations and ‘casing’\, i.e. the definition of the cases; \n(2) case selection\, through more basic or more advanced strategies; \n(3) collecting and managing comparative data; \n(4) comparative data analysis (qualitative\, QCA and quantitative options).
URL:https://compasss.org/event/comparative-research-designs/
LOCATION:Radboud University\, Houtlaan 4\, Nijmegen\, 6525 XZ\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Training
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SUMMARY:Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Performing Basic and Advanced Analyses using R
DESCRIPTION:This is a methodological course on set-theoretic methods for the social sciences. While the spectrum of set-theoretic methods is broad\, including techniques such as Mill’s methods or typological theory\, this course primarily focuses on Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). Invented by Charles Ragin [1987]\, this technique is still undergoing modifications\, improvements\, and ramifications with applications in fields as diverse as political science\, public policy\, international relations\, sociology\, business and management studies\, or even musicology. \nThis course aims at enabling students to produce a publishable QCA of their own. In order to achieve this\, the course provides both the formal set theoretical underpinnings of QCA and the technical and research practical skills necessary for performing a QCA. All applied parts of the course will be performed in the R software environment\, using RStudio (Cloud). The course is structured as follows: \nWeek 1 of the course is dedicated to an introduction of the nuts and bolts of QCA as well as the R software environment. We start with some basics of formal logic and set theory. Then we introduce the notions of sets and how they are calibrated. After this\, we move on to the concepts of causal complexity and of necessity and sufficiency\, show how the latter denote subset relations\, and then learn how such subset relations can be analyzed with so-called truth tables. We learn how to logically minimize truth tables and what the options for the treatment of so-called logical remainders are. \nIn Week 2\, once participants master the current standard analysis practice\, we discuss several extensions and improvements of QCA. Discussions in class will address from a set-theoretic point of view general methodological issues and advanced tools for solidifying and extending QCA. The topics covered include robustness tests\, theory evaluation\, case selection strategies for combining QCA with within-case process tracing\, and the role of time and temporality in descriptive and causal inference. \nThroughout the course\, we will analyze fake and real data in the computer lab\, using the R software environment and packages QCA and SetMethods. In addition to prepared datasets\, which will be made available\, participants are encouraged to bring their own raw data (even if this data is still tentative)\, which can be used for lab exercises and project work. Instructors and teaching assistants will be available for individual appointments with course participants to discuss research projects\, questions regarding the design of a QCA study\, and similar issues.
URL:https://compasss.org/event/qualitative-comparative-analysis-qca-performing-basics-and-advanced-analyses-using-r/
LOCATION:Radboud University\, Houtlaan 4\, Nijmegen\, 6525 XZ\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Carsten Schneider (Central European University)":MAILTO:schneiderc@ceu.edu
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SUMMARY:Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Performing Basics and Advanced Analyses using R
DESCRIPTION:This is a methodological course on set-theoretic methods for the social sciences. While the spectrum of a set-theoretic methods is broad\, including techniques such as Mill’s methods or typological theory\, this course primarily focuses on the crisp-set and fuzzy-set versions ofQualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). Invented by Charles Ragin [1987]\, this technique isstill undergoing modifications\, improvements\, and ramifications. These methods are applied infields as diverse as political science\, public policy\, international relations\, sociology\, businessand management studies\, or even musicology (see www.compasss.org).  \nThis course aims atenabling students to produce a publishable QCA of their own. In order to achieve this\, this course provides both the formal set theoretical underpinnings of QCA and the technical and Schneider & Oana – QCA\, IPSA FLACSO\, Fall 2022 research practical skills necessary for performing a QCA. All applied parts of the course will be performed in the R software environment\, using RStudio (Cloud).
URL:https://compasss.org/event/qualitative-comparative-analysis-qca-performing-basics-and-advanced-analyses-using-r-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training
ORGANIZER;CN="Carsten Schneider (Central European University)":MAILTO:schneiderc@ceu.edu
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