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Comparative Explanatory Research

Comparative explanatory research is an observational design that systematically examines two or more groups, nations, organisations, or time points in order to explain why differences in outcomes occur. Rather than merely describing variation, it seeks causal or contributing mechanisms by holding some conditions constant while contrasting others — drawing on Mill's classical methods of agreement and difference.

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Comparative Explanatory Research Design
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / research-design
  • Ragin, C. C. (1987). The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies. University of California Press. · ISBN 978-0520063167
  • Lijphart, A. (1971). Comparative politics and the comparative method. American Political Science Review, 65(3), 682–693. · DOI 10.2307/1955513
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Taxonomic bucketCausal-Comparative Researchmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyComparative Case Studymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyMultiple-Case Studymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketSurvey Researchmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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