Article: Configurational comparative methods; qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and related techniques.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Pathways to attrition: a qualitative comparative ...
The Qualitative Report;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... decisions in sexual assault complaints. Specifically, qualitative comparative analysis was employed at the micro-social level to ... designations of sexual assault complaints. Key Words: Qualitative Comparative Analysis, QCA, Sexual Assault, and Police Decision ...

Dictionary definition: qualitative comparative analysis
A Dictionary of Sociology;      523 words ...qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) The name given by Charles Ragin ( The Comparative Method , 1987) to his proposed technique for solving the problems ...

Article: Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis to Study ...
Health Services Research;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... that the same outcome can follow from different combinations of conditions, on the other. Next, I present Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) (Drass and Ragin 1992), an analytic technique designed specifically for the study of cases ...

Article: THEORETICAL GENERALITY, CASE PARTICULARITY: QUALITATIVE ...
International Journal of Comparative Sociology;  November 1, 2000 ;     562 words ... ... a relatively new causal comparative methodology based on a data reduction logic rooted in Boolean algebra-Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)appears of substantial utility in those research sites with relatively large number of cases ...

Article: Critical pathway effectiveness: assessing the impact of patient, ...
Health Services Research;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Design and Setting We conducted a qualitative, retrospective cohort study of a group of critical pathways using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) (Ragin 1999). QCA is a method in comparative case-oriented research (Ragin 1987) for ...

Article: A QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE APPROACH TO LATIN ...
International Journal of Comparative Sociology;  November 1, 2000 ;     553 words ...Department of Sociology, Georgetown, Washington, DC 20057, U.S.A. International Journal of Comparative Sociology Vol.32 (1991) pp. 82-109 Much qualitative analysis does not employ careful causal inference, and the quantitative alternative cannot be applied successfully where there are few cases, as

Article: KINSHIP NETWORKS AMONG IMMIGRANTS LESSONS FROM A ...
International Journal of Comparative Sociology;  November 1, 2000 ;     477 words ...Department of Social and Cultural Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 International Journal of Comparative Sociology Vol. 36 (1996) p. 219 Through a comparative framework that includes state policies of reception, the local labor market, the organization of the receiving