scholarly journals Addressing the Challenges Related to Transforming Qualitative Into Quantitative Data in Qualitative Comparative Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debora de Block ◽  
Barbara Vis
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Calibration Data ◽  
Sensitivity Testing ◽  
Data Presentation ◽  
Data Calibration

The use of qualitative data has so far received relatively little attention in methodological discussions on qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). This article addresses this lacuna by discussing the challenges researchers face when transforming qualitative data into quantitative data in QCA. By reviewing 29 empirical studies using qualitative data for QCA, we explore common practices related to data calibration, data presentation, and sensitivity testing. Based on these three issues, we provide considerations when using qualitative data for QCA, which are relevant both for QCA scholars working with qualitative data and the wider mixed methods research community involved in quantitizing.

Macro-Qualitative Approaches

2019 ◽  
pp. 173-180
Author(s):  
Carsten Q. Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Set Theory ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Set Relations

Macro-qualitative (MQ) approaches to the study of regime transformation can be defined as those that (a) in order to describe or explain macro-level phenomena (b) predominantly use qualitative data and (c) make claims about these phenomena in terms of set relations. MQ approaches can be static or dynamic and are normally used for single-case or small- to medium-N-sized studies. The set of methods employed in MQ research thus defined ranges from qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to sequence elaboration and process tracing. Classics in the MQ transformation literature can be interpreted in terms of set theory. For instance, Lipset (1959) famously claimed that there are social conditions that are necessary for the functioning of democracy.

Survey of alongside midwifery-led care in North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
Waltraut M. Merz ◽  
Andrea Heep ◽  
Pirathayini Kandeepan ◽  
Sophia L. Tietjen ◽  
Andreas Kocks
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Telephone Interview ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Manual Skills

AbstractBackgroundAlongside midwifery-led care (AMC) was introduced in Germany in 2003. The aim of our study was to collect data about the utilization of AMC within North Rhine-Westfalia (NRW), Germany’s most populous state, and to collect information regarding the approach used for implementation of AMC and providers’ experiences in day-to-day work.MethodsQuantitative data were collected by questionnaire, telephone interview and comparative analysis of documents created for use in AMC. Qualitative data were compiled by questionnaire and workshop.ResultsSeven obstetric departments offer AMC in NRW. On average, 3.4% of women gave birth in these AMC units, corresponding to 0.3% of all births in NRW. For the establishment of AMC, institutional, organizational, professional and formal arrangements were undertaken. An eligibility and transfer checklist was agreed upon between midwives and obstetricians. Both professions were faced with skepticism. Daily work in AMC resulted in improved teamwork between the two professions and increased job satisfaction for midwives. Acquisition of manual skills and time constraints were the major challenges.ConclusionThe low utilization of AMC is not due to the concept of care itself or difficulties with its implementation, nor to a lack of eligible women. Reasons may be insufficient awareness about AMC or a lack of interest in this type of care.

scholarly journals Power and False Negatives in Qualitative Comparative Analysis: Foundations, Simulation and Estimation for Empirical Studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingo Rohlfing
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
False Negative ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Truth Table ◽  
Permutation Testing ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Table Analysis ◽  
Sole Criterion

In Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), empirical researchers use the consistency value as one, if not sole, criterion to decide whether an association between a term and an outcome is consistent with a set-relational claim. Braumoeller (2015) points out that the consistency value is unsuitable for this purpose. We need to know the probability of obtaining it under the null hypothesis of no systematic relation. He introduces permutation testing for estimating the $p$ value of a consistency score as a safeguard against false positives. In this paper, I introduce permutation-based power estimation as a safeguard against false-negative conclusions. Low power might lead to the false exclusion of truth table rows from the minimization procedure and the generation and interpretation of invalid solutions. For a variety of constellations between an alternative and null hypothesis and numbers of cases, simulations demonstrate that power estimates can range from 1 to 0. Ex post power analysis for 63 truth table analyses shows that even under the most favorable constellation of parameters, about half of them can be considered low-powered. This points to the value of estimating power and calculating the required number of cases before the truth table analysis.

scholarly journals Systematische kwalitatieve vergelijkende analyse

KWALON ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Verweij ◽  
Lasse M. Gerrits
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
The Social

Systematic Qualitative Comparative Analysis Systematic Qualitative Comparative Analysis Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) was introduced in the social sciences by Charles Ragin in 1987. Literature on and applications of QCA show the method as a way to systematically organize, summarize and compare qualitative data to discover and analyze patterns occurring over cases. Although the literature stresses the importance of iterating between theory and data in its procedures, its grounded nature remains relatively underexposed. In this article we illustrate the principles of QCA by means of a qualitative comparative analysis of fourteen Dutch spatial planning projects, thereby also articulating the method’s grounded nature.

scholarly journals Studying configurations with qualitative comparative analysis: Best practices in strategy and organization research

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 482-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Greckhamer ◽  
Santi Furnari ◽  
Peer C. Fiss ◽  
Ruth V. Aguilera
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Model Building ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Calibration Data ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Organization Research

Qualitative comparative analysis is increasingly applied in strategy and organization research. The main purpose of our essay is to support this growing community of qualitative comparative analysis scholars by identifying best practices that can help guide researchers through the key stages of a qualitative comparative analysis empirical study (model building, sampling, calibration, data analysis, reporting, and interpretation of findings) and by providing examples of such practices drawn from strategy and organization studies. Coupled with this main purpose, we respond to Miller’s essay on configuration research by highlighting our points of agreement regarding his recommendations for configurational research and by addressing some of his concerns regarding qualitative comparative analysis. Our article thus contributes to configurational research by articulating how to leverage qualitative comparative analysis for enriching configurational theories of strategy and organization.

European integration, party strategies, and state restructuring: a comparative analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Dardanelli
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Causal Mechanism ◽  
Sharp Drop ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Party Strategies ◽  
State Restructuring ◽  
The Cross

To what extent and in what way does European integration fuel state restructuring? This is a long-standing but still not a fully answered question. While the theoretical literature suggests a positive link between the two, previous empirical studies have reached contrasting conclusions. The article offers an alternative testing of the proposition, centred on the role of party strategies as a causal mechanism, analysed across space and time. On the cross-sectional axis, it focusses on parties in Flanders and Wallonia (Belgium), Lombardy and Sicily (Italy), Catalonia and Andalusia (Spain), and Scotland and Wales (United Kingdom). On the cross-temporal axis, it focuses on four critical junctures connecting integration and state restructuring. It analyses the degree to which ‘Europe’ has been strategically used in connection to state restructuring and which conditions have been necessary and/or sufficient to that outcome. The analysis has been conducted on the basis of a Qualitative Comparative Analysis methodology. Five main results emerge: (1) overall, parties have generally exploited ‘Europe’ in connection with state restructuring to a limited extent only but in a few cases exploitation has been very intense and intimately linked to strategic turning points; (2) ‘Europe’ has overwhelmingly been used to support state restructuring; (3) the most intense use has been made by regional parties with a secessionist position and positive attitude to the EU; (4) ‘use of Europe’ is a product of a complex conjunctural effect of several conditions; (5) it has increased over time but is not a linear product of integration, a sharp drop can be observed between the two most recent time points. These findings show that European integration can indeed exercise causal influence upon state restructuring via party strategies but that this is highly contingent on the complex interaction of multiple factors.

Analysis of Novel Care Management Programs in Primary Care: An Example of Mixed Methods in Health Services Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodi Summers Holtrop ◽  
Georges Potworowski ◽  
Lee A. Green ◽  
Michael Fetters
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Health Services Research ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Care Management ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Data Transformation ◽  
Services Research

While health services researchers are using mixed methods research in large-scale studies with “big data” and incorporating data transformation for merging qualitative and quantitative data sets, these developments are not widely known to the broader mixed methods research community. Our purpose in this article is to introduce health services research to the broader mixed methods audience, to examine the potential for novel innovations in mixed methods research procedures, and to illustrate these points through a project on care management that used a convergent mixed methods design. In addition to traditional analytical procedures, we illustrate two qualitative to quantitative data transformation procedures, one using normalization process theory and a second, fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis.

scholarly journals A Framework for Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis for the Review of the Literature

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Onwuegbuzie ◽  
Rebecca Weinbaum
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Comparison Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data Analysis ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Similar Vein

Onwuegbuzie, Leech, and Collins (2012) demonstrated how the following 5 qualitative data analysis approaches can be used to analyze and to synthesize information extracted from a literature review: constant comparison analysis, domain analysis, taxonomic analysis, componential analysis, and theme analysis. In a similar vein, Onwuegbuzie and Frels (2014) outlined how discourse analysis can be used. Thus, the purpose of this article is to provide a framework for using another qualitative data analysis technique to analyze and to interpret literature review sources—a process that we call a Qualitative Comparative Analysis-Based Research Synthesis (QCARS). Using a real review of the literature, we illustrate how to conduct a QCARS using a qualitative comparative analysis software program.

scholarly journals Peningkatan Kompetensi Guru SMPN 3 Pademawu Dalam Menyusun Instrumen Penilaian Autentik Melalui Workshop

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
pp. 27-40
Author(s):  
Abdul Qadimul Azal
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Authentic Assessment ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Qualitative Data Analysis ◽  
Data Presentation ◽  
Self Evaluation

 In the result of academic supervision and the result of school self evaluation, the data was obtained that there were still many teachers at SMPN 3 Pademawu Pamekasan who did not understand how to develop the authentic assesment instruments. The teachers at SMPN 3 Pademawu Pamekasan get difficult to compile the autenthic assesments based on the 2013 curriculum. The problem of this study is how to increase teachers competency at SMPN 3 Pademawu Pamekasan in compiling the authentic assesment instruments through the workshop. This research is School Action Research (SAR). The qualitative data analysis used is the principles of data analysis, namely: reduction data, presentation data, and conclusion data. Meanwhile, for the quantitative data was obtained by using deseriptive analysis. The results indicated that the teachers competency at SMPN 3 Pademawu Pamekasan get further progress in compiling authentic assessment instruments from the first to the second cycle. The percentage of classical completeness  increased from 53,20 % to 95,65 %  and the classical everage increased from 53,20 to 66,63. The conclusion of this study is teachers competency at SMPN 3 Pademawu Pamekasan in compiling Authentic Assessment Instrument have increased through the workshop. Abstrak Pada hasil supervisi akademik dan hasil evaluasi diri sekolah diperoleh data bahwa masih banyak guru SMPN 3 Pademawu Pamekasan yang kurang memahami cara menyusun instrumen penilaian autentik. Guru SMPN 3 Pademawu Pamekasan merasa sulit untuk menyusun instrumen penilaian autentik sesuai tuntutan kurikulum 2013. Permasalahan pada penelitian ini adalah bagaimana meningkatkan kompetensi Guru SMPN 3 Pademawu dalam menyusun instrumen penilaian autentik melalui workshop. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan sekolah (PTS). Analisis data kualitatif digunakan prinsip-prinsip analisis data yaitu: reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penyimpulan data. Sedangkan untuk data kuantitatif dilakukan analisis deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kompetensi guru SMPN 3 Pademawu meningkat dalam menyusun instrumen penilaian autentik dari siklus 1 ke siklus 2.  Persentase ketuntasan klasikal meningkat dari 73,68% menjadi 95,65% dan nilai rata-rata klasikal meningkat pula dari 53,20 menjadi 66,63. Kesimpulan penelitian ini adalah kompetensi guru SMPN 3 Pademawu Pamekasan dalam menyusun instrumen penilaian autentik meningkat melalui workshop

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