Comparative analysis
Comparative analysis is type of analysis used in various of sciences and in different modifications:
Criminology and forensics:
- Comparative contextual analysis - criminology
- Comparative bullet-lead analysis - forensics
This design allows the researcher to control for a larger number of contextual factors while at the same time conducting an empirical study in close proximity to theory; Drawback: Where in the real world does one find systems that differ in all respects but two, or where does one find that systems are similar in all important respects but two? 'Sociology:Adam Przeworski, one of the leading scholars in comparative politics, raises these very questions and concludes dismally, “It may be that the ‘most similar systems design’ is simply a bad idea” (Przeworski 1987, 39-40).
Qualitative comparative analysisFor the comparative urbanist, the embeddedness of cities in national institutional contexts offers good possibilities of intranational comparison among cities, an analysis that allows for full control of national policies or factors related to political culture (cf. Sellers 2002).
- Organizations
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