Between Complexity and Parsimony: Limited Diversity, Counterfactual Cases, and Comparative Analysis.

By Charles C. Ragin, John Sonnett. 2005

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Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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Critical Tension: Sufficiency and Parsimony in QCA (2019, methodology): “But the QCA methodology is far richer than that (Duşa 2019; Ragin 2008; Ragin and Sonnett 2005; Schneider and Wagemann 2012, 2013; Yamasaki and Rihoux 2009), with many other categories of remainders that should be excluded: logical impossibilities (such as the pregnant man), simultaneous subset…”
A set-theoretic approach to organizational configurations (2007, background): “For a more extensive discussion of limited diversity, see Ragin (1987, 2000) and Ragin and Sonnett (2005).”
The origin of corporate social responsibility: global forces or national legacies? (2009, methodology): “…solution was used, which resulted in the following solution: 14 See Ragin and Sonnett for more discussion of the intermediate solution (Ragin and Sonnett, 2005) and “Fuzzy sets: Calibration versus Measurements” (Ragin, 2007 [forthcoming]) for a detailed explanation of the…”
Fuzzy Profiles (2018, background): “The intermediate solution, which lies in the middle of the complexity– parsimony continuum, differs from the complex solution in that causal conditions that are inconsistent with existing knowledge are removed (Ragin & Sonnett, 2005).”
Guarding Against False Positives in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (2015, neutral): “…362 applications in fields as diverse as comparative politics, sociology, health, environmental studies, business, and law.1 Ragin’s book The Comparative Method (Ragin 1987), which introduces the technique now known as crisp-set QCA, or csQCA, has amassed more than 5000 Google Scholar citations.”
Examining the role of CSR skepticism using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (2014, background): “The study focuses on the presentation of the derived complex solutions because, contrary to the parsimonious and intermediate solutions, this type of solution makes no simplifying assumptions (Elliott, 2013; Ragin & Sonnett, 2005).”
Crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis (csQCA) and model specification: Benchmarks for future csQCA applications (2010, background): “In addition, it should also be noted that the issue of complexity versus parsimony (Ragin & Sonnett, 2004) is not only a theoretical issue (how much parsimony and complexity do we want) but also a methodological issue.”
IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A REGRESSION EQUATION … BUT IT'S NOT! AN INTUITIVE APPROACH TO THE PRESENTATION OF QCA AND FS/QCA RESULTS (2006, background): “Furthermore, it might be advisable to engage only in what have been called ‘easy counterfactuals’ (Ragin & Sonnett 2004), i.e., making theory-guided simplifying assumptions 3.3.2.2 (2) Which aim is best achieved?”