Redesigning social inquiry : fuzzy sets and beyond / Charles C. Ragin.

By:

Ragin, Charles C

Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.Description: viii, 225 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780226702735 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226702759 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226702731 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226702758 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

300.72 RAG 22

LOC classification:

H62 .R235 2008

Other classification:

70.03

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Contents:

contents Acknowledgments, vii Introduction, 1 part i Set-Theoretic versus Correlational Connections 1: Set Relations in Social Research: Basic Concepts, 13 2: Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy-Set Relations, 29 3: Evaluating Set Relations: Consistency and Coverage, 44 part ii Calibration versus Measurement 4: Why Calibrate? 71 5: Calibrating Fuzzy Sets, 85 part iii Configurations of Conditions versus “Independent” Variables 6: Configurational Thinking, 109 7: Configurational Analysis Using Fuzzy Sets and Truth Tables, 124 part iv Analysis of Causal Complexity versus Analysis of Net Effects 8: Limited Diversity and Counterfactual Cases coauthored with John Sonnett, 147 9: Easy versus Difficult Counterfactuals, 160 10: The Limitations of Net Effects Thinking, 176 11: Net Effects versus Configurations: An Empirical Demonstration coauthored with Peer Fiss, 190 References, 213 Index, 221

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-219) and index.

contents
Acknowledgments, vii
Introduction, 1
part i
Set-Theoretic versus Correlational Connections
1: Set Relations in Social Research: Basic Concepts, 13
2: Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy-Set Relations, 29
3: Evaluating Set Relations: Consistency and Coverage, 44
part ii
Calibration versus Measurement
4: Why Calibrate? 71
5: Calibrating Fuzzy Sets, 85
part iii
Configurations of Conditions versus “Independent” Variables
6: Configurational Thinking, 109
7: Configurational Analysis Using Fuzzy Sets
and Truth Tables, 124
part iv
Analysis of Causal Complexity versus Analysis of Net Effects
8: Limited Diversity and Counterfactual Cases
coauthored with John Sonnett, 147
9: Easy versus Difficult Counterfactuals, 160
10: The Limitations of Net Effects Thinking, 176
11: Net Effects versus Configurations:
An Empirical Demonstration
coauthored with Peer Fiss, 190
References, 213
Index, 221

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