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Comparative Explanatory Research — Cross-Case Causal Analysis
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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- 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 ↗