Schneider, Carsten Q.; Wagemann, Claudius

Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences : A Guide to Qualitative Comparative Analysis

"Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and other set-theoretic methods distinguish themselves from other approaches to the study of social phenomena by using sets and the search for set relations. In virtually all social science fields, statements aboutsocial phenomena can be framed in terms of set relations, and using set-theoretic methods to inv