Contradictions in fsQCA
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TL;DR
This paper describes how to extend fsQCA to accommodate contradictory conditions, and reviews kirq (Reichert and Rubinson 2011), a new software package for QCA that includes support for fuzzy-set contradictions.
Abstract
The lack of support for contradictions in fsQCA limits the method’s usefulness for conducting inductive research. In this paper, I describe how to extend fsQCA to accommodate contradictory conditions. I review kirq (Reichert and Rubinson 2011 ), a new software package for QCA that includes support for fuzzy-set contradictions. For researchers using software that does not support fuzzy-set contradictions, I describe how to identify them by hand. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013