Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. Set-Theoretic Methods: The Basics: 1. Sets, set membership, and calibration; 2. Notions and operations in set theory; 3. Set relations; 4. Truth tables; Part II. Neat Formal Logic Meets Noisy Social Science Data: 5. Parameters of fit; 6. Limited diversity and logical remainders; 7. The truth table algorithm; Part III. Potential Pitfalls and Suggestions for Solutions: 8. Potential pitfalls in the standard analysis procedure and suggestions for improvement; 9. Potential pitfalls in the analysis of necessity and sufficiency and suggestions for avoiding them; Part IV. Variants of QCA as a Technique Meet QCA as an Approach: 10. Variants of QCA; 11. Data analysis technique meets set-theoretic approach; 12. Looking back: looking ahead; Glossary.
Set-theoretic methods for the social sciences : a guide to qualitative comparative analysis by Carsten Q. Schneider. ISBN 9781107601130. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.