Qualitative investigation of theoretical models: the value of process tracing

Political scientists frequently use qualitative evidence to support or evaluate the empirical applicability of formal models. Despite this widespread practice, neither the qualitative methods literature nor research on empirically evaluating formal models systematically address the topic. This artic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lorentzen, P., Paine, J., Fravel, Maris Taylor
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Sage Publications 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108450
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5831-8949