Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) has emerged as a vital methodological tool for analysing complex causal configurations in social science research. By bridging the gap between qualitative ...

Binswanger, H.P. (1984) Agricultural Mechanization A Comparative Historical Perspective. The World Bank Research Observer, 1, 27-56.

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...

In acknowledgement of athlete diversity, it is therefore essential to ask the right causal research question in studies examining sports injury aetiology. Purpose In this first part of a British ...

Patients with CSU have a higher burden than patients with CIndU, including on quality of life, economic effect, and knowledge about treatment.

The soil system is complex and dynamic, making it difficult to understand using traditional statistical approaches. In this paper, we analyze the causal relationship of soil temperature and moisture ...

Comparative Studies in Society and History (CSSH) is an international forum for new research and interpretation concerning problems of recurrent patterning and change in human societies through time ...

Future research should explore different individual and team sports as stressors, levels of responsibility and rates of injury, such as concussions, vary greatly. 25 Although Wolanin and colleagues 49 ...

Discovering causal relationships from observational data is a crucial problem and it has applications in many research areas. The PC algorithm is the state-of-the-art constraint based method for ...

In this paper, we design two laboratory experiments to analyze the causal effects of competition on step-by-step innovation. Innovations result from costly R&D investments and move technology up one ...

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