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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 2436yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • 1.1. Objectives and agenda of the course
  • 1.2. QCA vs other approaches
  • 1.3. Set theory and complex causality
  • 1.4. The QCA research field
Readings
  • Course guide
  • Readings in course guide

Videos
  • 2.1. Orientation and focal points
  • 2.2. Cases, outcomes and conditions
  • 2.3. Crisp vs fuzzy sets
  • 2.4. Calibration with quantitative, qualitative and secondary data
Reading
  • Readings in course guide
Practice Exercise
  • Assignment 1. Main terms and background

Videos
  • 3.1. The purpose and construction of a truth table
  • 3.2. Raw consistency
  • 3.3. Resolving contradictory configurations
Reading
  • Readings in course guide
Practice Exercises
  • Assignment 3. Make a truth table for crisp data
  • Assignment 4. Make a truth table for fuzzy data

Videos
  • 4.1. What is logical minimization?
  • 4.2. The minimal formula
  • 4.3. Parameters of fit
Reading
  • Readings in course guide
Practice Exercise
  • Assignment 5. Minimize a truth table

Videos
  • 5.1. Using FsQCA 3, part 1
  • 5.2. Using FsQCA 3, part 2
  • 5.3. Do's and don'ts for the write-up
Reading
  • Readings in course guide
Practice Exercises
  • Assignment 6. Using the program fsQCA for the analysis of crisp data (PLUS bonus assignment 7; is not mandatory)
  • Assignment 8. Using the program fsQCA for the analysis of fuzzy data (PLUS bonus assignment 9; is not mandatory)

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