QCApro: Advanced Functionality for Qualitative Comparative Analysis

QCApro provides advanced functionality for performing configurational comparative research with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). It supports crisp-set, multi-value, and fuzzy-set QCA methods and offers tools for sensitivity diagnostics and methodological evaluations. The software was authored by Alrik Thiem and is hosted on the paperswithcode platform.

Use Cases

• Perform crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA) based on the described functionality.
• Conduct multi-value Qualitative Comparative Analysis (mvQCA) based on the described functionality.
• Apply fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) based on the described functionality.
• Run sensitivity diagnostics for QCA studies based on the described advanced tools.
• Perform methodological evaluations of QCA applications based on the described advanced tools.

Strengths

• Supports three core QCA methods: crisp-set, multi-value, and fuzzy-set.
• Includes advanced tools for sensitivity diagnostics and methodological evaluation.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

paperswithcode

Collection Method

Software package for performing and evaluating Qualitative Comparative Analysis.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is unknown.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Spatial coverage is unknown.