{"product_id":"redesigning-social-inquiry-fuzzy-sets-and-beyond-9780226702759","title":"Redesigning Social Inquiry: Fuzzy Sets and Beyond","description":"For over twenty years Charles C. Ragin has been at the forefront of the development of innovative methods for social scientists. In \u003ci\u003eRedesigning Social Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, he continues his campaign to revitalize the field, challenging major aspects of the conventional template for social science research while offering a clear alternative.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRedesigning Social Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e provides a substantive critique of the standard approach to social research-namely, assessing the relative importance of causal variables drawn from competing theories. Instead, Ragin proposes the use of set-theoretic methods to find a middle path between quantitative and qualitative research. Through a series of contrasts between fuzzy-set analysis and conventional quantitative research, Ragin demonstrates the capacity for set-theoretic methods to strengthen connections between qualitative researchers' deep knowledge of their cases and quantitative researchers' elaboration of cross-case patterns. Packed with useful examples, \u003ci\u003eRedesigning Social Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e will be indispensable to experienced professionals and to budding scholars about to embark on their first project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles C. Ragin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226702759\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Ragin\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of sociology and political science at the University of Arizona. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFuzzy-Set Social Science\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44813141999731,"sku":"9780226702759","price":50.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_26808b3c-19b0-4ab1-ba4e-93ee699a57a7.jpg?v=1776777629","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/redesigning-social-inquiry-fuzzy-sets-and-beyond-9780226702759","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}