The Comparative Method: Moving beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies.

Timberlake, Michael; Ragin, Charles C.

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“…The use of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) as part of an evidence synthesis for complex health‐related interventions is an emerging area of development 1,4,6 . QCA is a case‐oriented analytic method that uses mathematical set theory to identify complex causal relationships 7–13 . It is particularly useful for configural research questions, which are research questions designed to elucidate under what circumstances a phenomenon is found (or not found).…”

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“…Traditional methods of quantitative evidence synthesis (e.g., meta‐analysis) and quantitative approaches to explaining heterogeneity (e.g., meta‐regression) across a body of evidence are limited in complex interventions because heterogeneity in population, setting, or outcomes often preclude producing a summary effect estimate, 1 and assumptions about linear and additive effects of multiple intervention components may not be valid 2 . Thus, QCA can be useful for identifying complex (i.e., nonlinear and nonadditive) relationships that variable‐oriented methods may miss 7–9,14 …”

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“…1,4,6 QCA is a case-oriented analytic method that uses mathematical set theory to identify complex causal relationships. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13] It is particularly useful for configural research questions, which are research questions designed to elucidate under what circumstances a phenomenon is found (or not found). Within health care research, these types of research questions can be used to understand under what circumstances an intervention (e.g., program, policy, public health, or clinical intervention) is effective (or alternatively not effective).…”

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“…2 Thus, QCA can be useful for identifying complex (i.e., nonlinear and nonadditive) relationships that variable-oriented methods may miss. [7][8][9]14 To date, several applications of QCA within systematic reviews have been published. [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] The earliest among these were largely "proof of concept" applications to determine whether QCA was feasible or offered additional insights beyond traditional synthesis methods.…”

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End‐user understanding of qualitative comparative analysis used within evidence synthesis: A mixed‐methods study

Kahwati

Kelly

Johnson

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Background: Enhanced uptake of systematic reviews that use qualitative comparative analyses (QCA) requires knowing how end-users interpret such findings. The study purpose was to identify effective approaches to communicating results from a QCA within a systematic review. Methods: Sequential exploratory mixed methods design; thematic analysis of interviews with 11 end-users followed by a randomized experiment with 254 participants that provided QCA results for a hypothetical review presented through three formats (text, table, and figure). A survey administered after the experiment assessed subjective and objective comprehension of QCA results. Results: Interview themes included use of jargon; appropriate use of appendices, tables, figures; and integration of QCA results within the systematic review. In the experiment, we observed a significant difference (p = 0.035) in subjective comprehension across the three presentation formats. Participants randomized to the figure and text formats scored higher compared to the table. No significant differences were observed for objective comprehension overall (p = 0.11). However, for parameter interpretation (a unique component of QCA results), scores among participants that received the figure format were significantly higher than scores for participants who received the text (p = 0.001) or table (p = 0.004). No significant differences (p = 0.09) were observed in objective comprehension for configuration interpretation.Conclusions: End-users of systematic reviews saw value in the use of QCA, but unfamiliar methods and terminology were barriers to full understanding of the findings. When presenting results, a figure format appears to be superior to text or table formats based on measures of subjective comprehension and some measures of objective comprehension.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…QCA does not require a high sample size. It can use 15-80 sample sizes and has a greater advantage in the study of small and medium-sized samples whose variables are composed mainly of binary forms (Ragin, 1987). According to Marx et al (2013), 5% was set as the threshold.…”

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The Impact of Organisational Resilience on Construction Project Success: Evidence From Large-Scale Construction in China

Yang

Qian

2020

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Environmental uncertainty, social public events and increasing challenges has raised the urgency for the need to improve organisational resilience of construction projects, which is of great significance to the success and governance of construction projects. This study explores the organisational resilience factors that affect the success of construction projects based on a literature review and the actual situation and abstracts them into four explanatory variables: situation monitoring, organisational structure, organisational culture and participants. Through the crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA) method, 15 Chinese cases that meet the research conditions are compared and analysed, and two effective conditional configurations obtained. The results show that in the absence of timely monitoring of the changes in the situation, flexible organisational structure, cohesive organisational culture and participation of multiple subjects can promote the success of the construction project. The synergy of multiple participants can make up for the lack of organisational culture to a certain extent. Moreover, public participation and big data applications should be given full attention in the improvement of organisational resilience. This study can provide a basis for construction projects to reasonably match organisational resilience conditions to cope with crisis and challenges.

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Creativity for Problem Solving in the Digital Era: Configurations of Leadership Profiles

Tigre,

Lopes Henriques,

Curado

2024

J of Leadership Studies

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Finding creative solutions to organizations' challenges is critical to determining the ability to thrive. Creative leadership promotes an organizational culture based on creative problem‐solving skills. Five leadership elements (being digitally and technologically savvy, having a results orientation, promoting collaborative teamwork, possessing business skills, and providing resources to the team) enable leaders to pursue creative or uncreative problem‐solving solutions. The current study used a fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis to identify the elements of creative leadership. The analysis comprises data from 123 leaders worldwide from different sectors collected from an online survey. The results showed five leadership profiles leading to creative problem‐solving and another five profiles leading to an uncreative outcome. The results provided a tangible approach to the behaviors needed to be creative leaders and the configurations of uncreative behaviors to avoid. The study integrates academic and practitioner perspectives on creative leadership and offers a model supported in the academic literature and relevant to practical needs.

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The Comparative Method: Moving beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies.

Cited by 104 publications

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End‐user understanding of qualitative comparative analysis used within evidence synthesis: A mixed‐methods study

End‐user understanding of qualitative comparative analysis used within evidence synthesis: A mixed‐methods study

The Impact of Organisational Resilience on Construction Project Success: Evidence From Large-Scale Construction in China

Creativity for Problem Solving in the Digital Era: Configurations of Leadership Profiles

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