TY - JOUR
T1 - Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) Does Exactly What It Should Do When Applied Properly: A Reply to a Comment on NCA
AU - Dul, Jan
AU - Vis, B
AU - Goertz, G
N1 - Early access OCt 19 2020
PY - 2018/10/7
Y1 - 2018/10/7
N2 - There are two problems with the comment of Thiem about necessary condition analysis (NCA): First, it is based on wrong assumptions about what NCA aims to do. Second, it applies NCA incorrectly. These are critical errors such that the comment’s conclusions about NCA are flawed. Contrary to what the comment states, NCA is a valid method for identifying necessary conditions.
AB - There are two problems with the comment of Thiem about necessary condition analysis (NCA): First, it is based on wrong assumptions about what NCA aims to do. Second, it applies NCA incorrectly. These are critical errors such that the comment’s conclusions about NCA are flawed. Contrary to what the comment states, NCA is a valid method for identifying necessary conditions.
U2 - 10.1177/0049124118799383
DO - 10.1177/0049124118799383
M3 - Article
VL - in press
JO - Sociological Methods and Research
JF - Sociological Methods and Research
SN - 0049-1241
ER -