Hello Rachel,
P.S. If you are opting for crisp-set QCA: besides the fsQCA package you
could also try TOSMANA (easy & user-friendly). And regardless of the
type of QCA, you could also use the R QCA modules (if you are a R
user?). All accessible through the COMPASSS platform.
Benoît (Rihoux)
Le 15/05/2013 08:43, Iannacci, Federico
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> I think the configurations with consistency between 0.30 and 0.80 should be coded 0 as your consistency cut-off value is 0.80
> Please make sure you delete only the remainders I.e the configurations with no cases
> Hope it helps
> Federico
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> Dear Rachel,
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> I’m not quite sure what the problem is with this analysis. I would probably re-save the file with a different name, make sure that all is in order, and try again (you may have done this already). If you send me the file I’d be happy to take a look at it.
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> Dear Sharon: I’ve not had any problems with the fsQCA package. What file format do you use when you import the data into fsQCA?
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> Hi Rachel
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> I can’t help with the specific question you have but I’ve also been having trouble with the software. I’ve got a large dataset but it imports without any problems – but we’ve found that the software randomly changes data in cells. I’ve tested this over a few times and a colleague also has looked at it but the data in different cells gets altered. As a result I feel that the software is flawed and not to be trusted. I emailed the contact on the website with this information but I’ve been told I need to converse with Charles Ragin directly – which I haven’t done yet. I wanted to analyse some data on bushfire preparedness here in Australia and I’m presenting on this at a conference in Germany (leaving today) so it’s been quite a problem in that I can’t deliver on what I’ve stated in my abstract because of the issues with the software.
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> Good luck with it all.
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> From: Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Related Methodology Debates [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rachel Gooze
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> Hello,
> I am attempting to teach myself how to use the fsQCA 2.5 software and I continuously receive error messages when I get to the “analysis” stage.
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> Below I describe the situation, and I appreciate any help this forum is able to provide. Thank you in advance!
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> I imported my data without any trouble. It consists of 31 Cases/Rows, each a different teen pregnancy prevention program, with about 20 Columns/Variables that represent attributes that are coded present (1) or absent (0). For example, one Column/Variable of interest is “School” and is coded =1 if the pregnancy prevention program is delivered in a school-based setting, and it is coded =0 if it is delivered in a non-school setting, such as a clinic.
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> Our research question for which we thought crisp set QCA would be useful is the following: what configurations of attributes are associated with “successful” programs. The binary outcome “successful” (1/0) is considered present if the teen pregnancy prevention program has a significant impact (evaluated by RCT) on any of certain pregnancy prevention behaviors (e.g. delayed age of initiation of sex or reported using condoms for most recent sexual encounter).
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> So far, I have been able to move through the following steps:
> Analyze --> Crisp Truth Table Algorithm --> Outcome = anyoutcome (1 = program was successful on any of several desired behavioral outcomes, 0 = program was not successful on any of the desired behavioral outcomes) --> Causal Conditions = school (school-based program), 10-13 year olds (program targeted pre-adolescents ages 10-13 years), 14-15 year olds (program targeted young high school age adolescents, ages 14-15 years), 16-18 year olds (program targeted older adolescents), psychosocial skill building (program teachers psychosocial skills), behavioral skill building (program teachers behavioral skills), etc.
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> When I select a set of causal conditions, the program generates a Truth Table. I then manually code the outcome =1 for all those with consistency scores of .80 or greater, I manually code the outcome =0 for all those configurations with consistencies less than or equal to .30, and I delete the rows with no actual configurations existing or with consistencies between .30 and .80.
>
> When I click on Standard Analysis, I get error messages such as: “ERROR (Quine-McCluskey): The 1 Matrix is Empty.”
> Followed by: “Error: can’t read “rows”: no such variable.”
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> If I try Specify Analysis, I get an Intermediate Solution with no information, such as the following:
> --- INTERMEDIATE SOLUTION ---
> frequency cutoff: 1.000000
> consistency cutoff: 1.000000
> Assumptions:
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> Any help you can provide is most appreciated – thank you!
> Rachel Gooze
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