Join our workshop on Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) using R, which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series! 

Here’s some more info: 

Title: Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) using R

Date: Thursday, October 5th, 18:00 – 20:00 CEST (Rome, Berlin, Paris timezone)

Speaker: Ingo Rohlfing, Ingo Rohlfing is Professor of Methods of Empirical Social Research at the University of Passau. He is doing research on social science methods with a focus on qualitative methods (case studies and process tracing), Qualitative Comparative Analysis, multimethod research and research integrity.

Description: What are the conditions that produce stable coalition governments? What conditions are necessary for married couples not getting divorced? If you are interested in research questions like these or similar ones, QCA should be one of the first methods to consider for answering them. QCA is the go-to method for analyzing set relationships using any number of cases (small, medium, large) and with any kind of data (micro, meso, macro).

The participants of this course are introduced to the fundamentals of set relations and QCA, and the workflow of a QCA study using R. You are be introduced to the basic principles and requirements of coherent QCA designs and learn how to implement them using R. We cover all fundamental steps of a QCA study, including calibration; a necessity analysis (potentially); truth table formation; truth table minimization and interpretation of results. 

Minimal registration fee: 20 euro (or 20 USD or 800 UAH)

How can I register?

• Go to https://bit.ly/3wvwMA6 or  https://bit.ly/3PFxtNA and donate at least 20 euro. Feel free to donate more if you can, all proceeds go directly to support Ukraine.

• Save your donation receipt (after the donation is processed, there is an option to enter your email address on the website to which the donation receipt is sent)

• Fill in the registration form, attaching a screenshot of a donation receipt (please attach the screenshot of the donation receipt that was emailed to you rather than the page you see after donation).

If you are not personally interested in attending, you can also contribute by sponsoring a participation of a student, who will then be able to participate for free. If you choose to sponsor a student, all proceeds will also go directly to organisations working in Ukraine. You can either sponsor a particular student or you can leave it up to us so that we can allocate the sponsored place to students who have signed up for the waiting list.

How can I sponsor a student?

• Go to https://bit.ly/3wvwMA6 or https://bit.ly/3PFxtNA and donate at least 20 euro (or 17 GBP or 20 USD or 800 UAH). Feel free to donate more if you can, all proceeds go to support Ukraine!

• Save your donation receipt (after the donation is processed, there is an option to enter your email address on the website to which the donation receipt is sent)

• Fill in the sponsorship form, attaching the screenshot of the donation receipt (please attach the screenshot of the donation receipt that was emailed to you rather than the page you see after the donation). You can indicate whether you want to sponsor a particular student or we can allocate this spot ourselves to the students from the waiting list. You can also indicate whether you prefer us to prioritize students from developing countries when assigning place(s) that you sponsored.

If you are a university student and cannot afford the registration fee, you can also sign up for the waiting list here. (Note that you are not guaranteed to participate by signing up for the waiting list).

You can also find more information about this workshop series,  a schedule of our future workshops as well as a list of our past workshops which you can get the recordings & materials here.

Looking forward to seeing you during the workshop!