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Ever since the QCA method has been developed, it has been a promising methodological candidate to study complex phenomena. The empirical data is subjected to a theoretical model which consists of a series of causal conditions and one outcome, which could partially explain why it is sometimes confused with a regression model.
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Duşa, A. (2019). QCA Extensions. In: QCA with R. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75668-4_10
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