QCA resources

QCA (Qualitative Comparative Analysis) is a comparative case study method developed by Charles Ragin. I have educated myself into one of the leading QCA experts. In December 2024, I organized the European QCA conference (EQCA2024) in Tilburg. In 2024, I published my own QCA handbook with Edward Elgar.

In my approach, I present QCA as a thoroughly qualitative method and push back against the quantification of QCA. My qualitative take on QCA is evident in my methods papers and in my QCA tutorial.

Explore my QCA resources below and also visit COMPASSS for the latest news on QCA conferences and publications.

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Methods papers

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Applying and assessing large-N QCA: Causality and robustness from a critical realist perspective

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Uncertainty, possibility and causal power in QCA

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Making degreeness count in QCA: Problems with fuzzy sets and a linguistic solution

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