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For over twenty years Charles C. Ragin has been at the forefront of the development of innovative methods for social scientists. In Redesigning Social Inquiry, he continues his campaign to revitalize the field, challenging major aspects of the conventional template for social science research while offering a clear alternative.Redesigning Social Inquiry provides a substantive critique of the standard approach to social researchnamely, assessing the relative importance of causal variables drawn from competing theories. Instead, Ragin proposes the use of settheoretic methods to find a middle path between quantitative and qualitative research. Through a series of contrasts between fuzzyset analysis and conventional quantitative research, Ragin demonstrates the capacity for settheoretic methods to strengthen connections between qualitative researchers deep knowledge of their cases and quantitative researchers elaboration of crosscase patterns. Packed with useful examples, Redesigning Social Inquiry will be indispensable to experienced professionals and to budding scholars about to embark on their first project.
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- Q: What is the main focus of 'Redesigning Social Inquiry: Fuzzy Sets and Beyond'? A: The book focuses on challenging conventional social science research methods and advocating for set-theoretic methods, particularly fuzzy-set analysis, as a bridge between quantitative and qualitative research.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'Redesigning Social Inquiry' is Charles C. Ragin, a prominent figure in the development of innovative research methods for social scientists.
- Q: What are the key features of this book? A: The book provides a critique of standard social research approaches and offers alternative set-theoretic methods, along with practical examples illustrating fuzzy-set analysis.
- Q: When was 'Redesigning Social Inquiry' published? A: The book was published on October 1, 2008.
- Q: What is the binding type of this book? A: This book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: How many pages does the book have? A: The book contains 225 pages.
- Q: Is this book suitable for beginners in social science research? A: Yes, the book is designed to be accessible to both experienced professionals and budding scholars starting their first research project.
- Q: What edition of the book is available? A: The available edition of the book is illustrated.
- Q: What category does this book fall under? A: The book falls under the category of Landscape.
- Q: In what ways does the book challenge traditional research methods? A: The book critiques the emphasis on assessing causal variables from competing theories and promotes a set-theoretic approach to enhance the integration of qualitative and quantitative research.