1.
The Comparative Method
POLITICAL SCIENCE: THE STATE OF DISCIPLINE II, Ada W. Finifter, ed., American Political Science Association, 1993
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 21 Jun 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Political Science
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6,377
2.
The Five Qualitative Approaches: Problem, Purpose, and Questions/The Role of Theory in the Five Qualitative Approaches/Comparative Case Study
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 04 Jun 2016
Working Paper Series
Walden University
Downloads
5,843
3.
Comparative Politics and the Synthetic Control Method
American Journal of Political Science. 2014, Forthcoming, Formerly MIT Political Science Department Research Paper No. 2011-25
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 28 Oct 2011
Last Revised: 08 Feb 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University and Stanford University - Department of Political Science
Downloads
4,733
4.
Difficulties Encountered by the Student – Researchers and the Effects on Their Research Output
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 20 May 2010
Last Revised: 26 Jan 2014
Working Paper Series
Gulf College
Downloads
4,521
5.
A Critical Review of Qualitative Interviews
European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 2014, Vol. 3, No. 4
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 16 Aug 2016
Working Paper Series
Majmaah University
Downloads
4,475
6.
Qualitative and Quantitative Research: How to Choose the Best Design
Presented at Academic Business World International Conference. Nashville, Tennessee. May, 2007
Number of pages: 5
Posted: 20 Mar 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Pensacola Christian College
Downloads
4,279
7.
Case Study
Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln, eds., The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, 4th edition, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 301-316
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 13 Jun 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Said Business School
Downloads
3,908
8.
Realism, Constructivism, and International Relations Theory
APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Last Revised: 22 Sep 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Florida - Department of Political Science
Downloads
3,427
9.
A Guide to Conducting a Systematic Literature Review of Information Systems Research
Number of pages: 2
Posted: 05 Nov 2011
Last Revised: 09 Dec 2015
Working Paper Series
SKEMA Business School and Independent
Downloads
3,208
10.
Objectivity in Social Sciences
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 22 Feb 2014
Working Paper Series
Independent
Downloads
2,858
11.
Facebook is... Fostering Political Engagement: A Study of Online Social Networking Groups and Offline Participation
APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Last Revised: 04 Jul 2014
Working Paper Series
University of New Mexico - Department of Political Science, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
Downloads
2,460
12.
What is Process-Tracing Actually Tracing? The Three Variants of Process Tracing Methods and Their Uses and Limitations
APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 01 Aug 2011
Last Revised: 21 Aug 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Aarhus and Aarhus University - Department of Political Science
Downloads
2,288
13.
Situating Methods in the Magic of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Communication Monographs, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 21 Sep 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Google Inc. and Data & Society Research Institute
Downloads
2,228
14.
Multistakeholder as Governance Groups: Observations from Case Studies
Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2015-1
Number of pages: 277
Posted: 15 Jan 2015
Last Revised: 18 Jul 2015
Working Paper Series
Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and University of Southern California - Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Downloads
1,877
15.
Text Preprocessing for Unsupervised Learning: Why It Matters, When It Misleads, and What to Do about It
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 07 Oct 2016
Last Revised: 03 Oct 2017
Working Paper Series
Pennsylvania State University and New York University
Downloads
1,793
16.
LexNLP: Natural Language Processing and Information Extraction For Legal and Regulatory Texts
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 21 Jun 2018
Working Paper Series
Bommarito Consulting, LLC, Illinois Tech - Chicago Kent College of Law and LexPredict, LLC
Downloads
1,708
17.
Understanding Feminist Research Methodology in Social Sciences
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 15 Jun 2019
Working Paper Series
Punjabi University, Department of Economics, Students and Punjabi University-Department of Economics
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1,696
18.
Developing a Method for Analyzing Institutional Change
ASSESSING THE EVOLUTION AND IMPACT OF ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES, Sandra Batie and Nicholas Mercuro, eds., London: Routledge Press, 2008
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 03 Jul 2007
Accepted Paper Series
Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA)
Downloads
1,470
19.
Making Social Science Matter
Georgios Papanagnou, ed., Social Science and Policy Challenges: Democracy, Values, and Capacities, Paris: UNESCO Publishing, pp. 25-56
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 13 Jun 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Said Business School
Downloads
1,401
20.
Teaching Process Tracing: Exercises and Examples
PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 823-830, October 2011
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 16 Oct 2011
Last Revised: 26 Mar 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Political Science
Downloads
1,315
21.
Benefits of Comparative Foreign Policy
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 26 Jan 2011
Working Paper Series
McGill University
Downloads
1,302
22.
Understanding Process Tracing
PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 823-830, October 2011
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 03 Jun 2011
Last Revised: 07 Mar 2019
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Political Science
Downloads
1,289
23.
Mixed Methods: Combining Expert Interviews, Cross-Impact Analysis and Scenario Development
The Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2012 (pp 09-21)
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 25 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Canberra, University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Australian National University - Research School of Management
Downloads
1,282
24.
Syria: A Case Study in International Law
University of Cincinnati Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 13 Apr 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Government of the United States of America - Stockton Center for the Study of International Law
Downloads
1,240
25.
A Critical Realist Guide to Developing Theory with Systematic Literature Reviews
Number of pages: 2
Posted: 23 Jul 2012
Last Revised: 09 Dec 2015
Working Paper Series
SKEMA Business School
Downloads
1,210
26.
Transparency in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research: A Symposium
Qualitative and Multi-Method Research: Newsletter of the American Political Science Association's QMMR Section vol.13 no.1 (Spring 2015): 2-64.
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 28 Aug 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Technische Universität München (TUM) - School of Governance - Hochschule für Politik, University of British Columbia (UBC), Middlebury College, University of Washington, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Global Policy & Strategy, 21st Century China Center, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis - Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Yale University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Harvard University, Princeton University - Department of Sociology, Harvard University - Department of Government, Vassar College, Central European University (CEU), Goethe University Frankfurt and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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1,176
27.
Designing a Methodology to Investigate Accessibility and Impact of Financial Inclusion
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 19 Mar 2012
Working Paper Series
St. Aloysius Evening College, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal and St Aloysius College
Downloads
1,170
28.
Critical Junctures and Historical Legacies
SHAPING THE POLITICAL ARENA: CRITICAL JUNCTURES, THE LABOR MOVEMENT, AND REGIME DYNAMICS IN LATIN AMERICA, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 30 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Political Science
Downloads
1,131
29.
The Comparative Method in Legal Research: The Art of Justifying Choices
To be published in Laura Cahillane and Jennifer Schweppe (eds), Legal Research Methods: Principles and Practicalities (Clarus Press 2016), UCD Working Papers in Law, Criminology & Socio-Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09/16
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 22 Jun 2016
Accepted Paper Series
UCD Sutherland School of Law
Downloads
1,005
30.
David Easton's 'Authoritative Value Allocation' - Activating the Definition's Potential
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 02 Feb 2017
Working Paper Series
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich - Center for Comparative and International Studies
Downloads
991
31.
Methodology in Public Administration
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 01 Apr 2014
Working Paper Series
National Autonomous University of Mexico - Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
Downloads
986
32.
Culture and Individual Judgment and Decision Making
Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 49, pp. 32-61, 2000
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 24 May 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Princeton University - Department of Psychology and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads
975
33.
Two or Three Approaches to Explanatory Case Study Research?
APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 13 Jul 2012
Last Revised: 30 Aug 2012
Working Paper Series
Erasmus University Rotterdam - Faculty of Social Science and University of Lucerne
Downloads
947
34.
Analyzing Talk and Text II: Thematic Analysis
This text will appear as chapter 22 in Van den Bulck, H., Puppis, M., Donders, K. & Van Audenhove, L. (Eds.) (2019, in press). The Palgrave Handbook of Methods for Media Policy Research. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 15 Nov 2017
Last Revised: 04 May 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Faculty of History and Arts and Erasmus University Rotterdam
Downloads
946
35.
Conceptualizing, Analyzing and Measuring Political Risk: The Evolution of Theory and Method
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Paper No. LKYSPP08-004
Number of pages: 79
Posted: 18 Jul 2008
Working Paper Series
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Downloads
944
36.
Should You Be a Faculty Research Assistant?
Student Lawyer, Vol. 36, No. 1, p. 35, September 2007
Posted: 11 Sep 2008
Accepted Paper Series
UIC John Marshall Law School
Downloads
922
37.
Measuring Human Rights: Reflections on the Practice of Human Rights Impact Assessment and Lessons for the Future
Warwick School of Law Research Paper No. 2010/26
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 12 Nov 2010
Last Revised: 02 Jul 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Warwick - School of Law
Downloads
900
38.
Weber's Methodology: Understanding Concept of Ideal Type as Necessary Element of Weberian Comprehensive Sociology
Number of pages: 5
Posted: 09 Aug 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Montreal
Downloads
839
39.
A Dialogue on Comparative Functionalism
Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, Vol. 18, pp. 554-558, 2011
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 30 Nov 2011
Last Revised: 10 Jan 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Maastricht University Faculty of Law and University of Helsinki - Faculty of Law
Downloads
833
40.
Justifications for Qualitative Research in Organisations: A Step Forward
The Journal of Online Education (New York), January 2009
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 10 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 16 Jan 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Nottingham University Business School, Malaysia Campus and Nottingham University Business School, Malaysia Campus
Downloads
827
41.
A Critical Review of Applications in Qca and Fuzzy-Set Analysis and a 'Toolbox' of Proven Solutions to Frequently Encountered Problems
APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 13 Jul 2012
Last Revised: 14 Oct 2015
Working Paper Series
Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt
Downloads
809
42.
Putting Typologies to Work: Concept Formation, Measurement, and Analytic Rigor
Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 2, June 2012
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 07 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 26 Mar 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Political Science, University of Oxford - Department of Politics and International Relations and Northwestern University - Department of Political Science
Downloads
797
43.
Toward a New Institutional Analysis of Social-Ecological Systems (NIASES): Combining Elinor Ostrom's IAD and SES Frameworks
Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 299, Indiana University, Bloomington School of Public & Environmental Affairs Research Paper No. 2490999
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 05 Sep 2014
Last Revised: 23 Apr 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Political Science and Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Political Science
Downloads
791
44.
Insights and Pitfalls: Selection Bias in Qualitative Research
World Politics, Vol. 49, No. 1, October 1996
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 25 Jan 2010
Last Revised: 25 Mar 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Political Science and Northwestern University
Downloads
782
45.
Finding Theory-Method Fit: A Comparison of Three Qualitative Approaches to Theory Building
Journal of Management Inquiry, Forthcoming, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2937310
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 20 Mar 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Alberta - Department of Strategic Management and Organization, University of Alberta - Department of Strategic Management and Organization, Stanford University - Department of Management Science & Engineering, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Management & Organization, HEC Montreal and Arizona State University - W. P. Carey School of Business
Downloads
762
46.
Introductions to Qualitative Research in Political Science. Sage Library of Political Science; Four Volumes, Published 2016
Qualitative Research in Political Science, SAGE Library of Political Science; Four Volumes, published 2016
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 23 Mar 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Lucerne, Erasmus University Rotterdam - Faculty of Social Science and Tilburg University
Downloads
737
47.
Empiricism and International Law: Insights for Investment Treaty Dispute Resolution
Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 48, 2008, Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 2008-33
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Last Revised: 20 May 2009
Accepted Paper Series
American University - Washington College of Law
Downloads
732
48.
Assessing Reforms of Government Accounting and Budgeting
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Number of pages: 24
Posted: 10 Nov 2004
Last Revised: 19 Nov 2014
Working Paper Series
School Accountability Group and Northern Arizona University
Downloads
726
49.
Small Data, Data Infrastructures and Big Data
GeoJournal 80(4): 463-475, 2014, The Programmable City Working Paper 1
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 08 Jan 2014
Last Revised: 28 Mar 2016
Accepted Paper Series
National University of Ireland, Maynooth (Maynooth University) - NIRSA and Carleton University - School of Journalism and Communication Studies
Downloads
713
50.
Analyzing Ideas and Tracing Discursive Interactions in Institutional Change: From Historical Institutionalism to Discursive Institutionalism
APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 19 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 17 Sep 2010
Working Paper Series
Boston University
Downloads
709
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