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COMPASSS (Comparative methods for systematic cross-case analysis) is a website that has been designed to develop the use of systematic comparative case analysis  as a research strategy by bringing together scholars and practitioners who sha

An evaluation usually involves some level of generalising of the findings to other times, places or groups of people.

This article by Nicolas Legewie provides an introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). It discusses the method's main principles and advantages including its concepts.

This book, by Schneider and Wagemann, provides a comprehensive overview of the basic principles of set theory to model causality and applications of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), the most developed form of set-theoretic method, fo

This blog post by Rick Davies discusses the criteria identified to assess the evaluability of Theory of Change (ToC).

An assessment of the extent to which an intervention can be evaluated in a reliable and credible fashion.