The truth table analysis

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Chapter 10 in Qualitative Comparative Analysis, 2024, pp 145-166 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The truth table is QCA’s analytical heart. It is a tool with which to dialogue case-level and cross-case knowledge into causal claims. When not all cases in a row have the same outcome (case-level knowledge), researchers dialogue knowledge of cases, context and concepts to interpret the row as true or false (cross-case knowledge). After the Boolean minimization, researchers again dialogue knowledge of cases, context and concepts to interpret the solution into a plausible causal explanation. The chapter explains all aspects of the truth table analysis - from setting consistency and frequency thresholds to dealing with limited diversity, making directional assumptions on explanatory conditions, dealing with easy and difficult counterfactuals, and interpreting the solution into a plausible causal explanation.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Research Methods; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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