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Comparative Strengths andWeaknesses

Jason Seawright

j-seawright@northwestern.edu

August 10, 2010

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Snow on Cholera

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Three Families of Research

1 Qualitative

2 Quantitative

3 Experimental

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Qual/Quant: RSI

1 Level of Measurement

2 Size of the N

3 Statistical Tests

4 Thick vs. Thin Analysis

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Qual/Quant: RSI

DSOs vs. CPOs

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Qual/Quant: Two Cultures

1 Approaches to explanation

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Qual/Quant: Two Cultures

1 Approaches to explanation

2 Concepts of causation

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Qual/Quant: Two Cultures

1 Approaches to explanation

2 Concepts of causation

3 Multivariate explanations

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Qual/Quant: Two Cultures

1 Approaches to explanation

2 Concepts of causation

3 Multivariate explanations

4 Equifinality

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Qual/Quant: Two Cultures

1 Approaches to explanation

2 Concepts of causation

3 Multivariate explanations

4 Equifinality

5 Scope and generalization

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Qual/Quant: Two Cultures

6 Case selection practices

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Qual/Quant: Two Cultures

6 Case selection practices

7 Weighting observations

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Qual/Quant: Two Cultures

6 Case selection practices

7 Weighting observations

8 Substantively important cases

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Qual/Quant: Two Cultures

6 Case selection practices

7 Weighting observations

8 Substantively important cases

9 Lack of fit

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Qual/Quant: Two Cultures

6 Case selection practices

7 Weighting observations

8 Substantively important cases

9 Lack of fit

10 Concepts and measurement

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Qualitative Research

Archival Work

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Qualitative Research

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

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Qualitative Research

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

Expert Interviews

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Qualitative Research

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

Expert Interviews

Content Analysis

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Qualitative Research

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

Expert Interviews

Content Analysis

Focus Groups

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Qualitative Research

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

Expert Interviews

Content Analysis

Focus Groups

Participant Observation

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Strengths

Archival Work

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Strengths

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

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Strengths

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

Expert Interviews

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Strengths

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

Expert Interviews

Content Analysis

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Strengths

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

Expert Interviews

Content Analysis

Focus Groups

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Strengths

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

Expert Interviews

Content Analysis

Focus Groups

Participant Observation

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Weaknesses

Archival Work

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Weaknesses

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

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Weaknesses

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

Expert Interviews

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Weaknesses

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

Expert Interviews

Content Analysis

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Weaknesses

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

Expert Interviews

Content Analysis

Focus Groups

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Weaknesses

Archival Work

In-depth Interviews

Expert Interviews

Content Analysis

Focus Groups

Participant Observation

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Shared Weaknesses

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Quantitative Research

Surveys

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Quantitative Research

Surveys

Cross-National Regression

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Quantitative Research

Surveys

Cross-National Regression

Ecological Analysis

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Quantitative Research

Surveys

Cross-National Regression

Ecological Analysis

Individual-Level Analysis of Records

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Quantitative Research

Surveys

Cross-National Regression

Ecological Analysis

Individual-Level Analysis of Records

Event-History Analysis

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Quantitative Research

Surveys

Cross-National Regression

Ecological Analysis

Individual-Level Analysis of Records

Event-History Analysis

Time-Series Analysis

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Quantitative Research

Surveys

Cross-National Regression

Ecological Analysis

Individual-Level Analysis of Records

Event-History Analysis

Time-Series Analysis

TSCS Analysis

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Shared Weaknesses

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Experiments

Randomization

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Experiments

Randomization

Manipulation

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Bolstering Methods

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Bolstering Methods

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Bolstering Methods

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Bolstering Methods

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Bolstering Methods

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Bolstering Methods

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Bolstering Methods

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Bolstering Methods

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Bolstering Methods

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Installing and Using R

http://cran.r-project.org/

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Your Mission...

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