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APSA Short Course No 1 Multi-Method Research Strategies: Critiques and Innovation David Collier, UC Berkeley Thad Dunnn

APSA Short Course No 1 Multi-Method Research Strategies: Critiques and Innovation David Collier, UC Berkeley Thad Dunnng, Yale Jason Seawright, Northwestern Sherry Zaks, UC Davis Please register and/or leave your $5 check with the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the back of the room.

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APSA Short Course No 1 Multi-Method Research Strategies: Critiques and Innovation David Collier, UC Berkeley Thad Dunnn

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  1. APSA Short Course No 1 Multi-Method Research Strategies: Critiques and Innovation David Collier, UC Berkeley Thad Dunnng, Yale Jason Seawright, Northwestern Sherry Zaks, UC Davis Please register and/or leave your $5 check with the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the back of the room.

  2. The Context Hegemony of quantative methods in political science? The qualitative methods movement Not painting ourselves into a corner The multi-method movement Two books with iconic status

  3. Battle of the Cakes 3

  4. Process Tracing 10. Andrew Bennett, “Process Tracing and Causal Inference” 11. David A. Freedman, “On Types of Scientific Inquiry: The Role of Qualitative Reasoning” 12. Henry E. Brady, “Data-Set Observations versus Causal-Process Observations: The 2000 U.S. Presidential Election” Addendum: Teaching Process Tracing Regression Analysis and Natural Experiments 13. Jason Seawright, “Regression-Based Inference: A Case-Study in Failed Causal Assessment” 14. Thad Dunning, “Design-Based Inference: Beyond the Pitfalls of Regression Analysis?” 2nd Edition: New Introduction and Extensive New Material on Process Tracing and Natural Experiments

  5. Topics Today • Process Tracing Revising process-tracing tests with formal logic. • Medium-N Techniques such as fs/QCA New tools for evaluation • Natural Experiments Systematic comparison of successes and failures, and tools for avoiding failure.

  6. Process Tracing • Systematic examination of diagnostic evidence selected and analyzed in light of research questions and hypotheses posed by the investigator. • Crucial form of within-case analysis • Importance enhanced, given worries about small-N comparative analysis

  7. Widely-Discussed Diagnostic Tests • Van Evera, Bennett, Collier • How many have read the Collier process- tracing article?

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