That's really helpful. Thanks.
Best
David
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On 30 May 2013, at 15:06, Ingo Rohlfing <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well, TOSMANA also has some features that fsQCA does not have (but I agree that the new R packages generally outperform the two programs). You can check http://www.compasss.org/software.htm for a brief intro to the major programs/packages. You can also consult Schneider, Carsten Q. and Claudius Wagemann (2012): Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences. A Guide to Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Schneider/Wagemann discuss QCA software in this book.
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> Thanks. Guess its time I got used to R - I'm an old SPSS guy and never bothered - Oxford is divided ideologically between the two camps!
> Thanks for the advice.
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> David
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> On 30 May 2013, at 12:57, Damien Bol <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> None of them. Use the R package (if you're a quantitativist, you should already be familiar the program, right?). If you really don't want to use R (for whatever reason), use FS/QCA. Tosmana is too limited to be used for conducting a proper QCA as such.
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>> Best,
>> Damien.
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>> Le 30 mai 2013 à 07:25, David Robertson <[log in to unmask]> a écrit :
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>> First, thanks to all who replied to my first message. I have done what everyone said I should, and installed Parallels.
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>> Secondly, as this gives me a range of possible software, I'd like one more bit of advice. As a new comer (though with long experience in quantitative research) interested in seeing if QCA will help with a project, and learning how to use it, I seem to have a choice really between Tosmana and fsQCA - does anyone have a preference for first time users? The project in question is Comparative Historical Sociology, by the way.
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>> Thanks again,
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>> David
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