Abell, Peter (2009) A case for cases: comparative narratives in sociological explanation. Sociological methods & research, 38 (1). pp. 38-70. ISSN 0049-1241
Abstract
When case studies are constructed as narratives, then causal explanation can be achieved without either comparison or generalization. Narratives provide paths of causal links on a chronology of actions or events. The links, in turn, can be studied as Bayesian inferences generating Bayesian narratives. The causal paths in a narrative have a Boolean structure.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://smr.sagepub.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2009 SAGE Publications |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bayesian narrative; causal explanation; Boolean analysis |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Managerial Economics and Strategy Group Departments > Management |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/29766/ |
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