Abstract Background Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a method for identifying the
configurations of conditions that lead to specific outcomes. Given its potential for providing …

Commercial urban agriculture is typically restricted to agriculture land use, green or open
spaces, or under-utilised or undeveloped land. As urbanising cities face the double threats …

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 …

What is a case study? How should cases be selected? How do case study results compare
to those of a survey? Is case study methodology fundamentally different from the …

The Public Policy Process is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the process
by which public policy is made. Explaining clearly the importance of the relationship …

In our first editorial, we mentioned how scholars define and conceptualize mixed methods. In
the two following editorials, a core assumption in our discussions has been that the terms …

Recently several authors have criticized mixed methods research because it relegates
qualitative research to secondary or auxiliary status, it expresses this status through …

In this book, data-collection methods are highlighted across a wide range of examples. I
explain a variety of exemplars and then use them to examine the main concepts related to …

A new era in research methods is emerging and has been quietly lauded by several
emerging authorities in the field of mixed methods research. Like the mythology of the …

Analyzing relationships of necessity is important for both scholarly and applied research
questions in the social sciences. An often-used technique for identifying such relationships …