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Multimethod Research, Causal Mechanisms, and Case Studies : An Integrated Approach / Gary Goertz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (312 p.) : 21 line illus. 19 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691174129
  • 9781400888115
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 001.4 23
LOC classification:
  • H62 .G574 2017eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Causal Mechanisms -- The Basic Logic -- Constraint Mechanisms and Necessary Conditions: Explaining Nonoccurrence -- Interactive Causal Mechanisms -- Multimethod Game Theory -- Large-N Qualitative Testing: A New Methodology? -- Case Studies, Scope, and Generalization -- Appendix A: A Statistical Approach to Multimethod Research and Case Studies -- References -- Index
Summary: An innovative and accessible textbook on multimethod and case-study researchMultimethod research has become indispensable to doing social science, and is essential to anyone who conducts large-scale research projects in political science, sociology, education, comparative law, or business. This authoritative and accessible book offers the first truly comprehensive approach to multimethod and case-study research, and is particularly aimed at students of qualitative methods in the social sciences.Walking step-by-step through these cutting-edge tools and techniques, Gary Goertz introduces a new integrated approach that unites three corners of a powerful research triad-causal mechanisms, cross-case causal inference, and within-case causal inference. He explains how the investigation of causal mechanisms and the making of within-case causal inference are the central goals of multimethod and case study research, and provides a logic for connecting case studies and causal mechanism analysis with cross-case analysis, whether they are statistical analyses, experiments, or QCA. In addition, Goertz analyzes how one can generalize using case studies, as well as systematically test game-theoretic and other models using multiple case studies.Provides a fully integrated approach to multimethod and case-study researchAn essential resource for students and researchers in political science, sociology, education, law, and businessCovers constraint causal mechanism, game theory and case studies, QCA, and the use of case studies to systematically test and generalize theoriesAn ideal textbook for a first-year graduate course in methods or research design

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Causal Mechanisms -- The Basic Logic -- Constraint Mechanisms and Necessary Conditions: Explaining Nonoccurrence -- Interactive Causal Mechanisms -- Multimethod Game Theory -- Large-N Qualitative Testing: A New Methodology? -- Case Studies, Scope, and Generalization -- Appendix A: A Statistical Approach to Multimethod Research and Case Studies -- References -- Index

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An innovative and accessible textbook on multimethod and case-study researchMultimethod research has become indispensable to doing social science, and is essential to anyone who conducts large-scale research projects in political science, sociology, education, comparative law, or business. This authoritative and accessible book offers the first truly comprehensive approach to multimethod and case-study research, and is particularly aimed at students of qualitative methods in the social sciences.Walking step-by-step through these cutting-edge tools and techniques, Gary Goertz introduces a new integrated approach that unites three corners of a powerful research triad-causal mechanisms, cross-case causal inference, and within-case causal inference. He explains how the investigation of causal mechanisms and the making of within-case causal inference are the central goals of multimethod and case study research, and provides a logic for connecting case studies and causal mechanism analysis with cross-case analysis, whether they are statistical analyses, experiments, or QCA. In addition, Goertz analyzes how one can generalize using case studies, as well as systematically test game-theoretic and other models using multiple case studies.Provides a fully integrated approach to multimethod and case-study researchAn essential resource for students and researchers in political science, sociology, education, law, and businessCovers constraint causal mechanism, game theory and case studies, QCA, and the use of case studies to systematically test and generalize theoriesAn ideal textbook for a first-year graduate course in methods or research design

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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