Analytic induction for social research /

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"Analytic Induction (AI) focuses on a select set of cases displaying the same outcome and seeks to identify antecedent conditions shared by such cases. Shared antecedent conditions, in turn, may be interpreted as "causal recipes" for the outcome, especially when they make sense as joi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ragin, Charles C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Social sciences > Research.
Induction (Logic)
Analysis (Philosophy)
Sciences sociales > Recherche.
Induction (Logique)
Philosophie analytique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology
Social sciences > Research
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Classic analytic induction
  • Reconciling disconfirming cases
  • Explaining variation vs explaining outcomes
  • The uses of 'negative cases' in social research
  • Classic vs generalized analytic induction
  • The interpretive logic of generalized analytic induction
  • Generalized analytic induction, a step-by-step guide
  • Using generalized AI to re-analyze Jocelyn Viterna's study of women's mobilization in the Salvadoran Guerrilla Army
  • Applying generalized AI to conventional quantitative data
  • Core features of generalized analytic induction.

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