Contradictions in fsQCA

The lack of support for contradictions in fsQCA limits the method’s usefulness for conducting inductive research. In this paper, I describe how to extend fsQCA to accommodate contradictory conditions. I review <Emphasis FontCategory="SansSerif">kirq (Reichert and Rubinson <CitationRef CitationID="CR15">2011</CitationRef>), a new software package for QCA that includes support for fuzzy-set contradictions. For researchers using software that does not support fuzzy-set contradictions, I describe how to identify them by hand. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013