fs/QCA

fs/QCA
Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Links to software and other resources, collected by M. Nentwich and others. Please help amending this list by informing me.

Note that this page will not be updated any more, as the "(semi)official" site by Ragin&Rihoux has been launched in December 2001: http://smallN.spri.ucl.ac.be/

People

The originator: Charles C. Ragin: Homepage – E-mail

The programmer: Kriss A. Drass: Homepage

Software and data files

Official download pages:

QCA: current version is: 3.0
fs/QCA or here: current version is: 0.963

Version 1.0 will probably be considerably delayed as Kriss is not with us any more. Please hold back feedback or send it to C. Ragin Thank you!

Test data files:

IMF protest data taken from pages 268 f. and 277 (first example in Chapter 10) of Ragin 2000

Discussion list

Benoît Rihoux from the Université catholique de Louvain is about to establish a discussion list on questions and infos related to QCA and fs/QCA. The list is not very active yet, though.

To join write Dr. Rihoux at rihoux@spri.ucl.ac.be.

Documents

Manuals
- QCA version 3.0
- fs/QCA (announced for autumn 2001)
Literature
- Ragin, C. C., 1987, The Comparative Method. Moving beyond qualitative and quantitative strategies, Berkeley/Los Angeles/London: Univ. of California Press.
- Ragin, C. C., 2000, Fuzzy-set social science, Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press.

Miscellaneous

Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods (CQRM)

Contributors to this page whose help is herewith gratefully acknowledged are in particular: O. Treib, G. Falkner.