Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) Does Exactly What It Should Do When Applied Properly: A Reply to a Comment on NCA*

Jan Dul, Barbara Vis and Gary Goertz

Sociological Methods & Research, 2021, vol. 50, issue 2, 926-936

Abstract: There are two problems with the comment of Thiem about necessary condition analysis (NCA): First, it is based on wrong assumptions about what NCA aims to do. Second, it applies NCA incorrectly. These are critical errors such that the comment’s conclusions about NCA are flawed. Contrary to what the comment states, NCA is a valid method for identifying necessary conditions.

Keywords: necessary condition analysis (NCA); reply to a comment; goals of NCA; correct application of NCA; necessary conditions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/0049124118799383

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