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Arel-Bundock, Vincent – Sociological Methods & Research, 2022
Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is an influential methodological approach motivated by set theory and boolean logic. QCA proponents have developed algorithms to analyze quantitative data, in a bid to uncover necessary and sufficient conditions where causal relationships are complex, conditional, or asymmetric. This article uses computer…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Qualitative Research, Attribution Theory, Computer Simulation
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Jamieson, John – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1995
Computer simulations indicate that the correlation between baseline and change, by itself, does not invalidate the use of gain scores to measure change, but when the negative correlation is accompanied by decrease in variance from pretest to posttest, covariance is a superior measure of change. (SLD)
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Change, Computer Simulation, Correlation