“Intro to Qualitative Comparative Analysis”, 5-day remote workshop
Online• Covers the entire standard QCA workflow: choice of conditions; calibration; analysis of necessity; truth table building and processing; minimization and result interpretation; robustness assessment • We reproduce a published QCA study to go through each of these steps • Fully guided introduction to QCA research using RStudio (no prior knowlede required) • 5 days, … Continue reading “Intro to Qualitative Comparative Analysis”, 5-day remote workshop
28th Summer School in Social Science Methods: Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Research Design and Application
Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano West Campus Via Giuseppe Buffi 13, Lugano, SwitzerlandThis workshop provides participants with a thorough introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). Since its inception (Ragin 1987), QCA has gained recognition among social scientists as a case-based research method that is ideally suited to capture causal complexity. This essentially describes a situation where an outcome results from multiple pathways and different combinations of conditions. … Continue reading 28th Summer School in Social Science Methods: Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Research Design and Application
4th Japan Workshop on QCA
Waseda University Tokoyo, JapanSince Charles Ragin proposed the idea in his book "The Comparative Method" in 1987, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and the related methods have been used in recent years not only in sociology and political science, but also in business, law, medicine, and policy evaluation. The publication of many textbooks (e.g., Mello 2023) provides various opportunities … Continue reading 4th Japan Workshop on QCA
European QCA Conference: Paper Development Workshop
Tilburg University Tilburg, NetherlandsThe Paper Development Workshop at the European QCA Conference 2024 provides a unique platform for QCA researchers to get feedback on their QCA papers and to meet QCA experts. The organizers invite submission from researchers using QCA for the first time or who are at a mid or advanced stage of applying QCA. It is … Continue reading European QCA Conference: Paper Development Workshop
European QCA Conference (Expert Workshop)
Tilburg University Tilburg, NetherlandsThe Expert Workshop at the European QCA Conference in 2024 will take place on Wednesday December 11 and Thursday December 12 at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. The Expert Workshop is a unique platform to discuss the latest developments in QCA and related methods. In this call for abstracts, we invite submissions from experienced QCA researchers … Continue reading European QCA Conference (Expert Workshop)
Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops (KOMEX): Basic Introduction to R for Beginners (online)
OnlineIn early February 2024, komex offers the course Microcredential ekomex A Basic Introduction to R for Beginners. This 2-day virtual course introduces the open-source statistical software R for beginners. It is designed for students without prior experience of R/RStudio. It teaches the basics of R and RStudio, namely, how to perform basic descriptive statistics and … Continue reading Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops (KOMEX): Basic Introduction to R for Beginners (online)
Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops (KOMEX): Advanced QCA (with R) course (online)
OnlineIn February 2024, Komex offers the course Microcredential ekomex Advanced Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). This 5-day online course exposes participants to advanced methodological developments in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) that allow for further solidifying their results, and enables them to apply state-of-the-art set-theoretic analytic tools in R. komex combines cutting-edge, inclusive, and affordable methodological training in … Continue reading Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops (KOMEX): Advanced QCA (with R) course (online)
Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops (KOMEX): Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) using R (On-Site course)
University of Konstanz Universitaetsstrasse 10, Konstanz, GermanyThis five-day in-person course introduces you to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), an innovative set-theoretic technique that allows for comparisons of small, intermediate or large numbers of cases in order to identify necessary and / or sufficient conditions for an outcome, model causal complexity, and integrate in-depth case knowledge at all stages of the analysis. The … Continue reading Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops (KOMEX): Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) using R (On-Site course)
Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (online)
OnlineThis course, hosted by "The European Consortium For Political Research", will provide you with an interactive online learning environment using advanced pedagogical tools, and is specifically designed for masters level students and above. The course is limited to a maximum of 16 participants, ensuring that the teaching team can address the unique needs of each … Continue reading Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (online)
4th Annual QCA Conference of the Americas
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA, United StatesThe QCA Conference of the Americas (AQCA) provides a venue for the broad, cross-disciplinary community of researchers and practitioners working with configurational-comparative methods and approaches to gather together to present and receive feedback on current research projects, share theoretical and methodological developments, and discuss new directions in configurational-comparative research practices. Bringing together the diverse set … Continue reading 4th Annual QCA Conference of the Americas