The Comparative Method in the Social Sciences

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The Comparative Method in the Social Sciences

GOALS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IDENTIFYING GENERAL PATTERNS AND RELATIONSHIPS TESTING AND REFINING THEORY MAKING PREDICTIONS INTERPRETING SIGNIFICANCE EXPLORING DIVERSITY ADVANCING NEW THEORIES

THEORY HYPOTHESES TESTING The Scientific Method THEORY HYPOTHESES TESTING

VARIABLES INDEPENDENT VARIABLES DEPENDENT VARIABLES CONTROLLED VARIABLES

CASE STUDIES REPRESENTATIVE DEVIANT CRUCIAL HYPOTHESIS GENERATING PLAUSIBILITY PROBE

THE COMPARATIVE METHOD MOST SIMILAR SYSTEMS MOST DIFFERENT SYSTEMS CASE-ORIENTED APPROACH (SMALL N) VARIABLE-ORIENTED APPROACH (LARGE N)

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