dc.contributor.author | Ding, Haien | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-20T09:38:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-06-20T09:38:45Z | |
dc.date.created | 2023-06-07T11:31:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1609-4069 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3072242 | |
dc.description.abstract | Based on the INUS theory of causality, the search target of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is to find all the minimally sufficient conditions for the outcome’s occurrence in a data set, where the condition’s sufficiency, the necessity of the condition’s components, and the completeness of the solution are three core requirements. However, QCA’s current top-down approach, which relies on a truth table and Boolean minimization, cannot meet the main objective of QCA. Conditions generated by the top-down approach can be insufficient for the outcome or contain unnecessary components that can be removed. We found evidence supporting our arguments by examining the correctness of top-down QCA in Study 1. Then, we show that QCA can also proceed with a “bottom-up” search strategy in sufficiency analysis, similar to coincidence analysis (CNA). We contrast solutions of the top-down and bottom-up QCA approaches by analyzing a simulated crisp-set data set in Study 2 and a real-world fuzzy-set data set in Study 3. Both results show that only the bottom-up approach can produce all the minimally sufficient conditions. We contribute to the ongoing debate pertain QCA solution types and QCA algorithms by critically evaluating the limitations of QCA’s top-down approach and introducing a bottom-up approach for QCA. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sage | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.subject | qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) | en_US |
dc.subject | coincidence analysis (CNA) | en_US |
dc.subject | configurational comparative methods | en_US |
dc.subject | boolean minimization | en_US |
dc.subject | Quine–McCluskey (QMC) algorithm | en_US |
dc.subject | consistency cubes (CCubes) algorithm | en_US |
dc.subject | causal complexity | en_US |
dc.title | Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Search Target, Reflection on the Top-Down Approach, and Introduction of the Bottom-Up Approach | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Search Target, Reflection on the Top-Down Approach, and Introduction of the Bottom-Up Approach | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.source.journal | International Journal of Qualitative Methods (IJQM) | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/16094069231182634 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2152542 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 2 | |