TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ragin,Charles C.
TI  - Fuzzy-set social science
SN  - 9780226702773
U1  - 300.151 CHA 23
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Fuzzy sets
KW  - Sciences sociales -- Recherche
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -