Book chapter
Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Application of Fuzzy Sets in the Social Sciences
Handbook of Research on Advances and Applications of Fuzzy Sets and Logic, pp.50-76
IGI Global
2022
Abstract
Qualitative comparative analysis allows for the breadth of analysis associated with quantitative data and the depth of case knowledge provided by qualitative analysis. In particular, fuzzy-set qualitative analysis (fsQCA) provides a nuanced analysis of data and offers actionable insights. Despite this, fsQCA has been underutilized in the social sciences. This chapter explores the application of fsQCA in the social sciences. The authors advance an argument for its wider adoption due to fsQCA's ability to disentangle the causal complexity involved in person- and policy-based contexts by applying a set-theoretic understanding of causation. The chapter provides an introduction to fsQCA for readers unfamiliar with the approach and advocates for its suitability within a broad range of social science studies.
Details
- Title
- Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Application of Fuzzy Sets in the Social Sciences
- Authors
- Deanna Grant-Smith - Queensland University of TechnologyAlicia Feldman (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Contributors
- Said Broumi (Editor) - University of Hassan II Casablanca
- Publication details
- Handbook of Research on Advances and Applications of Fuzzy Sets and Logic, pp.50-76
- Publisher
- IGI Global
- DOI
- 10.4018/978-1-7998-7979-4.ch003; 10.4018/978-1-7998-7979-4
- ISBN
- 9781799879817
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991016187802621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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