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Didactics: Boolean algebra and QCA logic
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Didactics: Boolean algebra and QCA logic
Didactics (1): The "good practices"
of QCA
(Nov. 2003 version)
- In English
- In French
Didactics
(2): Questions and Answers
(Jan. 2005 version)
Questions and answers compiled
from e-mail conversations. Includes technical (software manipulation)
Q&A and also other more open-ended Q&As.
Didactics
(3): Introduction to QCA and fs/QCA
Link to a University of Durham workshop on QCA and fs/QCA,
September 2004. Includes introductory and intemediate-level PPT slides
on QCA and fs/QCA, featuring thoughts on ontological
and complexity issues, a practical step-by-step guide to fs/QCA software.
Contact person: Wendy
Olsen, Lecturer in Socio-Economic Research, at the Cathie Marsh
Centre for Census & Survey Research, University of Manchester
For the whole workshop, go to our "Useful links" page.
Didactics
(4): Introduction to Multi-Value Qualitative Comparative Analysis (MVQCA)
Download the paper (PDF format) by Lasse
CRONQVIST. The paper "highlights the main differences between
QCA and MVQCA and allows the researcher already
introduced to QCA an easy access to the use of multi-valued variables
within the ideas and principles of QCA".
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