Set-Theoretic Multimethod Research
Set-theoretic multimethod research (SMMR) integrates the cross-case logic of Qualitative Comparative Analysis with the within-case logic of process tracing. After QCA identifies the combinations of conditions that are necessary or sufficient for an outcome, SMMR uses the resulting solution terms to classify cases — typical, deviant, individually irrelevant — and to select cases for in-depth process tracing. Codified by Carsten Schneider and Ingo Rohlfing, it grounds the choice of cases and the search for mechanisms in set theory, so cross-case and within-case inference reinforce one another within a single, coherent framework.
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- Schneider, C. Q., & Rohlfing, I. (2013). Combining QCA and Process Tracing in Set-Theoretic Multi-Method Research. Sociological Methods & Research, 42(4), 559–597. · DOI 10.1177/0049124113481341
- Schneider, C. Q., & Wagemann, C. (2012). Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences: A Guide to Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. · ISBN 9781107601130
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