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by Alrik Thiem
Fri Dec 16, 2016 3:48 am
Forum: III.4. Algorithmic analytic approaches
Topic: Published examples of good transparency practice
Replies: 2
Views: 9635

Re: Published examples of good transparency practice

Krook (2010) and Osa and Corduneanu-Huci (2003) are the only two applied studies I know of that have been transparent with respect to model ambiguities, that is, the degree to which multiple explanatory models fit some set of analyzed data equally well (see the following article on the problem of mo...
by Alrik Thiem
Mon Nov 14, 2016 5:27 am
Forum: III.4. Algorithmic analytic approaches
Topic: QCA-related issues
Replies: 20
Views: 44773

Re: QCA-related issues

Hi Alrik Personally, if someone tells me what I write is overly complex or unclear, I try to address such concerns because reaching and convincing the reader is my goal Nr. 1. But yours are precisely the arguments that justify why some of this information might be better placed in an online appendi...
by Alrik Thiem
Sun Nov 13, 2016 11:43 am
Forum: III.4. Algorithmic analytic approaches
Topic: QCA-related issues
Replies: 20
Views: 44773

Re: QCA-related issues

Dear Eva, many thanks for your reply. I absolutely believe you when you say that it is often not that simple to react appropriately to reviewers who ask questions regarding QCA that would not normally be asked if another, more "traditional" method had been used. On the one hand, you, of co...
by Alrik Thiem
Sun Nov 13, 2016 6:21 am
Forum: III.4. Algorithmic analytic approaches
Topic: QCA-related issues
Replies: 20
Views: 44773

Re: QCA-related issues

Dear Eva, these are some interesting points from a user's perspective. 1. [...] I very often get the feedback that I need to explain much more and provide much more documentation - way beyond what would be standard for more mainstream methods. And then, the more transparent you are, the more perplex...
by Alrik Thiem
Tue Nov 01, 2016 4:52 am
Forum: III.4. Algorithmic analytic approaches
Topic: QCA-related issues
Replies: 20
Views: 44773

Re: QCA-related issues

Dear Ingo, thank you for your replies to the points I have raised. You mention some additional issues that, I believe, are worth being debated more thoroughly in the context of this forum. 1) Software documentation is a good point because it is indirectly related to the issues at stake at the QTD be...
by Alrik Thiem
Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:46 am
Forum: III.4. Algorithmic analytic approaches
Topic: QCA-related issues
Replies: 20
Views: 44773

Re: QCA-related issues

While I am absolutely sympathetic to the idea of increasing transparency, I believe the perspective that has been taken so far is too narrowly focused on applied users of Configurational Comparative Methods (CCMs) / Set-Theoretic Methods. Rather, at least five different groups of actors should be co...