During the past two decades, a set of systematic comparative case analysis techniques has
been developing at a steady pace. During the last few years especially, the main initial …

A comprehensive introduction and teaching resource for state-of-the-art Qualitative
Comparative Analysis (QCA) using R software. This guide facilitates the efficient teaching …

Social phenomena can rarely be attributed to single causes--instead, they typically stem
from a myriad of interwoven factors that are often difficult to untangle. Drawing on set theory …

Recent years have witnessed a host of innovations for conducting research with qualitative
comparative analysis (QCA). Concurrently, important issues surrounding its uses have been …

Abstract The Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) methodology has evolved remarkably
in social science research. Simultaneously, the use of QCA too often lags behind …

This article presents the functionalities of the R package SetMethods, aimed at performing
advanced set-theoretic analyses. This includes functions for performing set-theoretic multi …

Researchers need to select high-quality research designs and communicate those designs
clearly to readers. Both tasks are difficult. We provide a framework for formally “declaring” …

The sole purpose of the enhanced standard analysis (ESA) is to prevent so-called untenable
assumptions in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). One source of such assumptions …

This special issue addresses questions of causality and validity of different solution types in
configurational comparative methods (CCMs). First, what main parameters characterize the …

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the combination of two methods on the
basis of set theory. In our introduction and this special issue, we focus on two variants of …