The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies

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Charles C. Ragin's The Comparative Method proposes a synthetic strategy, based on an application of Boolean algebra, that combines the strengths of both qualitative and quantitative sociology. Elegantly accessible and germane to the work of all the social sciences, and now updated with a new introduction, this book will continue to garner interest, debate, and praise.

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Charles C. Ragin's The Comparative Method proposes a synthetic strategy, based on an application of Boolean algebra, that combines the strengths of both qualitative and quantitative sociology. Elegantly accessible and germane to the work of all the social sciences, and now updated with a new introduction, this book will continue to garner interest, debate, and praise.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 211
Edition: First Edition, with a New Introduction ed.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 29 Jul 2014
ISBN 10: 0520280032
ISBN 13: 9780520280038

Media Reviews

This is a readable and useful book . . . an extended essay on one particular method, which is easy to understand, easy to apply, and generally useful. The method itself is implemented in a computer technique. . . . This method will systematize the analysis and produce an elegant statement of the combination of conditions which lead to a divided working class--provided there are no contradictions in the data. Where there are contradictions, Ragin's method will identify these combinations of conditions that lead to an ambiguous result. --William Miller, Study of Public Policy

Author Bio

Charles C. Ragin is Chancellor's Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine.