Ragin, Charles C. creator text bibliography Sciences sociales -- Recherche ilu Chicago University of Chicago Press 2000 monographic eng

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xviii, 352 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. In this innovative approach to the practice of social science, Charles Ragin explores the use of fuzzy sets to bridge the divide between quantitive and qualitative methods. He argues that fuzzy sets allow a far richer dialogue between ideas and evidence in social research than previously possible. pt. 1. Diversity-Oriented Research. 1. Diversity-Oriented Research: Between Complexity and Generality. 2. Constituting Populations. 3. Studying Cases as Configurations. 4. Causal Complexity. 5. The Logic of Diversity-Oriented Research -- pt. 2. Fuzzy-Set Methods. 6. Fuzzy Sets and the Study of Diversity. 7. Using Fuzzy Sets to Constitute Cases and Populations. 8. Fuzzy Sets and Necessary Conditions. 9. Using Fuzzy Sets to Study Sufficient Conditions. 10. Causal Complexity: Applying Fuzzy-Set Methods. 11. Fuzzy Sets and the Dialogue between Ideas and Evidence. Charles C. Ragin. Social sciences Fuzzy sets 300.151 CHA 9780226702773 Zafaa Books & Distributors Inderlok Delhi 991220 20211012123347.0