方法对比

	Typological Theory	过程追踪
领域	Political Science	心理测量学
方法族	Process / pipeline	Latent structure
起源年份	2005	2005
提出者	Alexander L. George & Andrew Bennett; Colin Elman	Alexander George, Andrew Bennett
类型	Configurational theory-building method for case studies	Qualitative causal inference
开创性文献	George, A. L., & Bennett, A. (2005). Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN: 9780262572224	Bennett, A., & Checkel, J. T. (Eds.). (2015). Process Tracing: From Metaphor to Analytic Tool. Cambridge University Press.
别名	Typological theorizing, Explanatory typologies, Typological theory building, Configurational typologies	—
相关	4	5
摘要	Typological theory is a configurational approach to theory building in which the researcher specifies types — distinct combinations of the values of explanatory variables — and develops contingent generalizations about the outcomes associated with each combination. Codified by Alexander George and Andrew Bennett and refined by Colin Elman's explanatory typologies, it organizes cases into the cells of a property space defined by the interaction of variables, using case studies to populate and refine the types. It embraces causal complexity by treating combinations, not isolated variables, as the units of explanation.	Process Tracing is a qualitative research method developed by George and Bennett (2005) for studying causal mechanisms and causal chains within individual cases. It involves examining the sequence of events and decision-making processes within a case to infer whether a hypothesized causal mechanism actually operated. Process tracing aims to strengthen causal inference in case studies by looking beyond correlation to understand how causes produce effects.