comparative politics
type: Concept
narrower: qualitative comparative analysis

case studies
type: Concept
narrower: qualitative comparative analysis

methods
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: qualitative comparative analysis

qualitative comparative analysis
definition: Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is an analytic technique grounded in set theory that allows for a detailed analysis of how causal conditions contribute to an outcome in question. It is particularly suitable for analyzing situations of causal complexity, that is, situations in which an outcome may result from several different combinations of causal conditions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Case Study Research; Qualitative Comparative Analysis]
broader: case studies
broader: comparative politics
type: Concept