The Discovery of Causal Mechanisms: Extractive Qualitative Content Analysis as a Tool for Process Tracing
| Autor: | Jochen Glaser, Grit Laudel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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qualitative Methode
content analysis reconstruction Fallstudie structured focused comparison case studies Forschungsarten der Sozialforschung case study qualitative content analysis causal mechanism process tracing comparative methodology lcsh:Social sciences (General) Social sciences sociology anthropology Process Tracing kausale Mechanismen kausale Rekonstruktion strukturierter fokussierter Vergleich vergleichende Methodologie Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie causal analysis methodology Methodologie Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis Statistical Methods Computer Methods qualitative method Research Design Kausalanalyse ddc:300 lcsh:H1-99 Rekonstruktion Inhaltsanalyse |
| Zdroj: | Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research Qualitative Content Analysis I Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol 20, Iss 3 (2019) |
| Popis: | With this article, we seek to contribute to the methodological discussion about the fit of qualitative methods for specific purposes by examining the role that extractive qualitative content analysis (EQCA) can play in the discovery of causal mechanisms. The methodological literature on the empirical identification of causal mechanisms (an approach called process tracing) has been dominated by the idea of empirically testing the presence of hypothesized mechanisms. We argue for the discovery of causal mechanisms on the basis of causal reconstruction as suggested by MAYNTZ (2009 [2002], 2016). We establish EQCA as a distinct qualitative method and specify its outcome—namely, a structured information base that can be used for the reconstruction of social situations and processes. Such an information base is an important source for causal analysis. We demonstrate the role of EQCA in process tracing with an empirical study by LAUDEL and BIELICK (2018), who discovered the mechanisms that produce individual research programs of early career researchers. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol 20, No 3 (2019): Qualitative Content Analysis I |
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