Ragin C.C. Analytic Induction for Social Research

University of California Press, 2023. — 140 p.This book explores analytic induction, an approach to the analysis of cross-case evidence on qualitative outcomes that has deep roots in sociology. A popular research technique in the early decades of empirical sociology, analytic induction differs fundamentally as a method of social research from conventional variation-based approaches. In Analytic Induction for Social Research, Charles C. Ragin demonstrates that much is gained from systematizing analytic induction. The approach he introduces here offers a new template for conducting cross-case analysis and provides a new set of tools for answering common research questions that existing methods cannot address.Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Logic of Analytic Induction
Classic Analytic Induction
Reconciling Disconfirming Cases
Explaining Variation versus Explaining Outcomes
The Uses of “Negative” Cases in Social Research
Generalized Analytic Induction
Classic versus Generalized Analytic Induction
The Interpretive Logic of Generalized Analytic Induction
Generalized Analytic Induction: A Step-by-Step Guide
Using Generalized AI to Reanalyze Viterna’s Study of Women’s Mobilization into the Salvadoran Guerrilla Army
Applying Generalized AI to Conventional Quantitative Data
Core Features of Generalized Analytic Induction
Appendix A. Brief Overview of Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Appendix B. Fuzzy Sets
Appendix C. Using fsQCA Software to Implement Generalized AI
Appendix D. Converting “Sum-of-Products” Expressions to “Product-of-Sums” Expressions
Appendix E. Measures Used in Logistic Regression Analysis
Notes
References
Index