For over twenty years Charles C. Ragin has been at the forefront of
the development of innovative methods for social scientists. In
"Redesigning Social Inquiry," he continues his campaign to
revitalize the field, challenging major aspects of the conventional
template for social science research while offering a clear
alternative.
"Redesigning Social Inquiry" provides a substantive critique of
the standard approach to social research--namely, assessing the
relative importance of causal variables drawn from competing
theories. Instead, Ragin proposes the use of set-theoretic methods
to find a middle path between quantitative and qualitative
research. Through a series of contrasts between fuzzy-set analysis
and conventional quantitative research, Ragin demonstrates the
capacity for set-theoretic methods to strengthen connections
between qualitative researchers' deep knowledge of their cases and
quantitative researchers' elaboration of cross-case patterns.
Packed with useful examples, "Redesigning Social Inquiry" will be
indispensable to experienced professionals and to budding scholars
about to embark on their first project.
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