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Configuration Comparative Methods.
Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Related Techniques.
Edited by Benoit Rihoux and Charles C. Ragin and published by Sage.
Textbook Resource
This page is currently under development. It aims at containing some additional “companion resources” to the textbook on Configurational Comparative Methods, such as files or more detailed explanations… They will be designed in such a way that they can be used ‘à la carte’ or in a more systematic way, both by instructors, users and students. If you want to suggest additional resources, please send a message to Damien Bol
General resources
Textbooks in other language
- In German: SCHNEIDER, Carsten Q. and WAGEMANN, Claudius (2007), Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) und Fuzzy Sets. Ein Lehrbuch für Anwender und jene, die es werden wollen, Opladen & Farmington Hills, Verlag Barbara Budrich.
Special focus on: the logic and treatment of necessary conditions, QCA's differences to Mill’s methods and to regression analysis ; the parameters of fit: consistency and coverage, also for necessary conditions, and in treatment of limited diversity ; suggestion for how to use QCA for 'evaluating' theories ; the analysis of Fuzzy Set data based on a truth table ; two step QCA. - In French: DE MEUR, Gisèle and RIHOUX, Benoît (2002), L'analyse quali-quantitative comparée (AQQC-QCA) : approche, techniques et applications en sciences humaines, collab. YAMASAKI, S., Louvain-la-Neuve, Academia-Bruylant.
Complementary features more detailed discussion of the Boolean logic underpinning QCA ; replication and further elaboration of the Rokkan example used in the initial volume by Charles Ragin (The Comparative Method, 1987) ; focus on csQCA specifically.