scholarly journals Qualitative comparative analysis in educational policy research: Procedures, processes, and possibilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 205979911984098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea J Bingham ◽  
Sean Dean ◽  
Jessica Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Specific Nature ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Oriented Research

In educational policy research, linking specific practices to specific outcomes is an important (though not the only) goal, which can bias researchers (and funders) toward employing purely quantitative methods. Given the context-specific nature of policy implementation in education, however, we argue that understanding how specific practices lead to specific outcomes in specific conditions or contexts is critical to improving education. Qualitative comparative analysis is a method of qualitative research that we argue can help to answer these kinds of questions in studies of educational policies and reforms. Qualitative comparative analysis is a case-oriented research method designed to identify causal relationships between variables and a particular outcome. Distinct from quantitative causal methods, qualitative comparative analysis requires qualitative data to identify conditions (and combinations of conditions) that lead to a particular result; it is context driven, just as many educational reforms must necessarily be. We contend that qualitative comparative analysis has the potential to be of use to educational researchers in investigating complex problems of cause and effect using qualitative data. As such, our aim here is to provide a general overview of the characteristics, processes, and outcomes of qualitative comparative analysis. In so doing, we hope to offer guidance to educational researchers around how and when to use qualitative comparative analysis, as well as recommendations for current educational issues that could be investigated with qualitative comparative analysis.

scholarly journals Jakościowa analiza porównawcza (QCA) jako nowa metoda badawcza w nauce o polityce: zarys zagadnienia

2021 ◽  
pp. 99-124
Author(s):  
Przemysław Potocki ◽  
Izabela Lassota
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions

The article presents main theoretical assumptions and empirical implementations of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). The main phases of this research method, as the alternative to the quantitative approach which is applied in political science are described. Strengths and weaknesses of this method are described from the perspective of epistemological value obtained by the user of QCA method. Some Polish and foreign examples of QCA implementation are also indicated.

Qualitative Comparative Analysis: meer behorend bij de kwalitatieve dan de kwantitatieve benadering

KWALON ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valérie Pattyn ◽  
Lasse Gerrits ◽  
Stefan Verweij
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Research Tradition ◽  
Case Study Data

Qualitative Comparative Analysis: more associated with the qualitative research tradition than with the quantitative approach Qualitative Comparative Analysis: more associated with the qualitative research tradition than with the quantitative approach Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is an approach that enables systematically comparing qualitative case study data. The fact that QCA borrows certain elements from quantitative methods (such as the use of Boolean algebra and the quantification of conditions and outcomes) may raise questions about the qualitative character of QCA. Based on a discussion of four criteria relating to causal analysis, we argue that QCA belongs to the qualitative research tradition. Where QCA borrows characteristics from the quantitative approach, this is only for the sake of a qualitative objective: to better understand the conditions underlying a particular outcome or phenomenon.

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.

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 Cultural and Religious Diversity in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Qualitative Cross-Country Comparative Analysis of the Challenges of Health-Care Professionals

2018 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 648-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Pentaris ◽  
Louise L. Thomsen
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Hospice Care ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Important Change ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Hospice And Palliative Care

Research has abundantly demonstrated a strong relationship between culture, religion, and the experiences of death, dying, and bereavement. Consequently, cultural competence and a religiously sensitive practice have become highly relevant to social policies and professional practice. However, our current knowledge of culturally competent and religiously sensitive end-of-life care is primarily context specific, with little space for generalizability. This article reports on findings from a qualitative comparative analysis of two nation-specific studies that examined religious literacy and cultural competency, respectively, among palliative-care professionals, drawing on similarities and attempting to identify further applicability of nation-centered knowledge. The study recognized six practice-based approaches in palliative and hospice care, when responding to cultural and religious or nonreligious identities of services users. These approaches intersect with each other via three organizational layers identified in the study: foundations, culture, and professionals. Each identified practice-based approach seems to be incomplete when working with individuals for whom religion, belief, and cultural identities are important. Change in practice is possible if all three organizational layers are considered simultaneously, while further research will shed more light about the benefits and challenges of each approach.

scholarly journals Qualitative Comparative Analysis as a Tool for Concept Clarification, Typology Building, and Contextualized Comparisons in Gender and Feminist Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rossella Ciccia
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Feminist Research ◽  
Feminist Studies ◽  
Reproductive Politics ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Context Specific

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a method for the systematic analysis of cases. A holistic view of cases and an approach to causality emphasizing complexity are some of its core features. Over the last decades, QCA has found application in many fields of the social sciences. In spite of this, its use in feminist research has been slower, and only recently QCA has been applied to topics related to social care, the political representation of women, and reproductive politics. In spite of the comparative turn in feminist studies, researchers still privilege qualitative methods, in particular case studies, and are often skeptical of quantitative techniques (Spierings 2012). These studies show that the meaning and measurement of many gender concepts differ across countries and that the factors leading to feminist success and failure are context specific. However, case study analyses struggle to systematically account for the ways in which these forces operate in different locations.

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 Leadership Competencies in Making Industry 4.0 Effective: The Case of Polish Heat and Power Industry

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 4338
Author(s):  
Anna Kwiotkowska ◽  
Bożena Gajdzik ◽  
Radosław Wolniak ◽  
Jolita Vveinhardt ◽  
Magdalena Gębczyńska
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
Crucial Importance ◽  
Managerial Competencies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

Leadership competencies are of crucial importance in every organisation as to a large extent they determine its success. This is especially evident in the time of Industry 4.0. Given this fact, the aim of our paper is to examine the relationship between leadership competencies and 4.0 leadership effectiveness. The heat and power plants industry was chosen as the subject of our research. The fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fs/QCA) was used as the research method. It enabled us not only to analyse particular variables, competences, and typical statistical relations between them, but we also revealed the patterns of causal relationships between particular variables. The key finding of our research was the juxtaposition of leadership competencies that are indispensable for 4.0 leaders in the CHP plants. We also found out that managerial competencies were not sufficient, and they should be supported by intellectual or socio-emotional ones.

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