Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 0 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 2 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 5 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
Theories | 5 |
Qualitative Research | 3 |
Comparative Analysis | 2 |
Activism | 1 |
Algebra | 1 |
Causal Models | 1 |
Data | 1 |
Data Analysis | 1 |
Expectation | 1 |
Identification | 1 |
Inferences | 1 |
More ▼ |
Source
Sociological Methods &… | 5 |
Author
Beach, Derek | 1 |
Blee, Kathleen | 1 |
Dul, Jan | 1 |
Gonzalez-Ocantos, Ezequiel | 1 |
LaPorte, Jody | 1 |
Martin, John Levi | 1 |
Murphy, James P. | 1 |
Rohlfing, Ingo | 1 |
Vis, Barbara | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 5 |
Reports - Evaluative | 5 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Martin, John Levi; Murphy, James P. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2021
The analysis of sequence data poses a great challenge; existing methods for the comparison of sequences take what theoretical grounding they have from other fields (most importantly, genetics). We argue that set theory provides a way of establishing the relations between sequences that has a natural application to the case in which the sequences…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Theories, Algebra, Sequential Approach
Gonzalez-Ocantos, Ezequiel; LaPorte, Jody – Sociological Methods & Research, 2021
Scholars who conduct process tracing often face the problem of missing data. The inability to document key steps in their causal chains makes it difficult to validate theoretical models. In this article, we conceptualize "missingness" as it relates to process tracing, describe different scenarios in which it is pervasive, and present…
Descriptors: Data, Research Problems, Qualitative Research, Causal Models
Blee, Kathleen – Sociological Methods & Research, 2019
Field relationships shape the questions that researchers ask and the theories they develop. This article compares my interactions with research participants in a study of white supremacists with those in a study of mainstream grassroots activists. It demonstrates how expectations and negotiations with research participants affect theorizing by…
Descriptors: Theories, Interpersonal Relationship, Researchers, Racial Discrimination
Beach, Derek; Rohlfing, Ingo – Sociological Methods & Research, 2018
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 cross-case set-theoretic methods--"qualitative comparative analysis" (QCA) and typological theory (TT)--and their combination with process tracing (PT).…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Theories, Qualitative Research, Comparative Analysis
Vis, Barbara; Dul, Jan – Sociological Methods & Research, 2018
Analyzing relationships of necessity is important for both scholarly and applied research questions in the social sciences. An often-used technique for identifying such relationships--"fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis" (fsQCA)--has limited ability to make the most out of the data used. The set-theoretical technique fsQCA makes…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Comparative Analysis, Social Science Research, Theories