[LIBRO][B] Complexity theory and the social sciences: The state of the art

D Byrne, G Callaghan - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
This expanded and updated edition of Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The
State of the Art revisits the use of complexity theory across the social sciences and …

Paradoxes and pitfalls in using fuzzy set QCA: Illustrations from a critical review of a study of educational inequality

B Cooper, J Glaesser - Sociological Research Online, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Charles Ragin's crisp set and fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA and
fsQCA) are being used by increasing numbers of social scientists interested in combining …

Exploring the robustness of set theoretic findings from a large n fsQCA: an illustration from the sociology of education

B Cooper, J Glaesser - International Journal of Social Research …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Ragin's Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is often used with small to medium samples
where the researcher has good case knowledge. Employing it to analyse large survey …

The limits of social science: Causal explanation and value relevance

M Hammersley - 2014 - torrossa.com
At the start of his book Forms of Explanation, Alan Garfinkel (1990: vii) asks:'If social science
is the answer, what is the question?'This is not an idle quip, his whole book is about the …

Using case‐based approaches to analyse large datasets: a comparison of Ragin's fsQCA and fuzzy cluster analysis

B Cooper, J Glaesser - International Journal of Social Research …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The paper undertakes a comparison of Ragin's fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis
with cluster analysis. After describing key features of both methods, it uses a simple invented …

Qualitative comparative analysis in education research: Its current status and future potential

S Cilesiz, T Greckhamer - Review of Research in Education, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is a set-theoretic configurational approach that uses
the logic of Boolean algebra to conceptualize and empirically examine potentially complex …

Students' approaches to open‐ended science investigation: The importance of substantive and procedural understanding

R Roberts, R Gott, J Glaesser - Research Papers in Education, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates the respective roles of substantive and procedural understanding
with regard to students' ability to carry out an open‐ended science investigation. The …

Selectivity and flexibility in the German secondary school system: A configurational analysis of recent data from the German socio-economic panel

J Glaesser, B Cooper - European sociological review, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Debate continues in many European countries about both equality of opportunity and the
continuing wastage of talent, and the ways in which differing systems of secondary …

Qualitative work and the testing and development of theory: Lessons from a study combining cross-case and within-case analysis via Ragin's QCA

B Cooper, J Glaesser - … /Forum: Qualitative Social …, 2012 - qualitative-research.net
Charles RAGIN's work, especially his development of Qualitative Comparative Analysis
(QCA), offers social scientists a way of bringing together the strengths of the qualitative and …

[LIBRO][B] Expected and unexpected consequences of the educational expansion in Europe and the US: theoretical approaches and empirical findings in comparative …

A Hadjar, R Becker - 2009 - books.google.com
The second half of the twentieth century has been a period of educational expansion in
western societies (Schofer and Meyer 2005). Germany, a country with a comparatively …