Introduction to the Comparative Method With

"Utilizing a systematic, broad approach, Introduction to the Comparative Method With Boolean Algebra gives readers the logical foundations of comparison with guided applications and is the ultimate comparative method text covering each of the current and most important issues in the field. Author Daniele Caramani discusses the elements of scientific research, including Mill's methods, Boolean algebra, classification and typologization, and necessary and sufficient conditions, and how these apply to concrete research in the social sciences." "This text is indispensable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers interested in methodology, behavioral and social sciences, history, and logic."--BOOK JACKET.

About the Author	p. ix
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xi
Symbols, Abbreviations, Editorial Note	p. xiii
Definition	p. 1
Objects, Attributes, Values	p. 1
Comparison as a Method	p. 2
Comparison and Other Methods	p. 3
Comparison and Statistics	p. 5
History	p. 6
Origins of the Logic of Comparative Inquiry	p. 6
Early Applications in the Social Sciences	p. 7
Specificity	p. 9
Experimental, Statistical, and Comparative Methods	p. 9
Experimental Method	p. 9
Statistical Method	p. 10
Comparative Method	p. 10
Types of Comparison: Large-N and Small-N	p. 11
Large-Scale Comparative Studies	p. 12
Small-Scale Comparative Studies	p. 14
Intensive and Extensive Research Designs	p. 14
Cases and Variables	p. 16
Case Selection	p. 16
Units of Analysis	p. 16
Time: Variables, Historical Multicollinearity, Diffusion	p. 18
Selection Bias	p. 19
Variables and the Property Space	p. 25
Levels of Measurement	p. 25
Overdetermination and "Degrees of Freedom"	p. 26
Control	p. 28
Comparability: The Limits of Comparison	p. 28
Taxonomical Treatment	p. 29
Classification and Typologization	p. 30
Levels of Generality	p. 32
Family Resemblance and Radical Categories	p. 35
Control and Research Design	p. 36
Matching and Randomization	p. 36
MSSD and Comparable-Cases Control Strategies	p. 38
The Role of Classification	p. 39
Causation	p. 41
Causes and Effects	p. 41
Methods of Inductive Inference	p. 41
Conditional Truth Table	p. 43
Sufficient and Necessary Conditions	p. 43
Mill's Methods	p. 45
Method of Agreement	p. 45
Method of Difference	p. 47
Joint Method of Agreement and Difference (or Indirect Method)	p. 50
Method of Concomitant Variations	p. 52
Criticism of Mill's Methods	p. 52
Hypotheses and Deductive Validity	p. 54
Comparative Analysis With Boolean Algebra	p. 56
The Search for Sufficient Conditions	p. 56
Based on Effects (Method 1)	p. 56
Based on Causes (Method 2)	p. 57
The Search for Necessary Conditions	p. 58
Based on Effects (Method 3)	p. 58
Based on Causes (Method 4)	p. 60
"Trivialness"	p. 62
Sufficient and Necessary Conditions (Method 5)	p. 63
Multivariate Analysis With Logical Algebra	p. 64
Compound Statements	p. 65
Disjunctions and Multiple Causation	p. 67
Conjunctions and Combinatorial Causation	p. 68
Combining Connectives	p. 69
Simplifying Data	p. 71
Beyond Dichotomization: Fuzzy Sets and the Use of Computer Programs	p. 75
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions	p. 77
Compound Statements	p. 79
Assessment	p. 82
Why, What, How to Compare	p. 82
Strengths of the Comparative Method	p. 83
Converging Paths Between Methods	p. 84
Combinatorial Explanation	p. 84
Categorical Data Analysis	p. 84
Probabilistic Relationships	p. 85
Conclusion	p. 89
Notes	p. 91
Glossary	p. 94
References	p. 97
Index	p. 105
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