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Rihoux, Benoît. and Ragin, Charles. "Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): State of the Art and Prospects" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Aug 27, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p61198_index.html>

Rihoux, B. and Ragin, C. C. , 2004-08-27 "Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): State of the Art and Prospects" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p61198_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This paper offers an advanced, conceptually oriented introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis – QCA (including its Fuzzy Sets extension), an overview of the current state of the art in QCA, and a discussion of best practices in the use of QCA, both general and more technical, with a special focus on QCA and counterfactual analysis. We begin by examining two analytic procedures commonly used by comparative researchers and contrast these techniques with correlational analysis, the main analytical engine of mainstream quantitative social science. We then discuss the state of the art of existing QCA applications, by trying to map the diversity and scope of these applications. Following this, we first lay out some more general guidelines to engage in a “good” QCA analysis. This is followed by a list of more specific, technical and procedural guidelines in the form of “best practices”. One of these guidelines has to do with the exploitation of “remainders”, i.e. non-observed configurations. This leads us to discuss more in-depth one of the most powerful features of QCA: counterfactual analysis. We conclude by sketching several of QCA's future prospects.

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