Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) Does Exactly What It Should Do When Applied Properly:  A Reply to a Comment on NCA

Jan  Dul; B. Vis; Gary Goertz

doi:10.1177/0049124118799383

Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) Does Exactly What It Should Do When Applied Properly: A Reply to a Comment on NCA

Jan Dul, B. Vis, Gary Goertz

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	926-936
Number of pages	11
Journal	Sociological Methods and Research
Volume	50
Issue number	2
Early online date	2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124118799383
Publication status	Published - May 2021

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Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.

Keywords

correct application of NCA
goals of NCA
necessary condition analysis (NCA)
necessary conditions
reply to a comment

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