I have a very good parsimonious solution with 4 solution terms with appropriate consistency and coverage values. However, the intermediate solution has only 3 solution terms i.e. some parsimonious terms overlap making it hard to interpret.
Can I ignore the intermediate solution and interpret only the parsimonious solution?
Are there any good reference papers that can elaborate and justify the decision?
Thank You
Dear Akash,
if you want to interpret a QCA solution causally based on empirical facts, you should use only the parsimonious solution. The reason why is explained in two pieces in Sociological Methods & Research: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0049124117701487?journalCode=smra and Preprint Beyond the facts: Limited empirical diversity and causal inf...
Best wishes,
Alrik
- Badges
- Science topic
- Similar topics
- Papers