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CHAPTER8

TurningtheTable

s:

HowCase-Oriented

ResearchChallenges

Variable-OrientedR

esearch

CharlesC.

Ragin

Inthischapter,Irespondtorecentcommentariesonthepractice

ofwhatIcall

"case-oriented"qualitativeresearch(Ragin1987:chap.3)thathav

ebeenoffered

from

thestandpointofquantitative,"variable-oriented"methodology.Whereas

mostofthesecommentaries

arebasicallycritiquesofthecase-orientedtradition

(e.g.,Goldthorpe1991,199

7;Lieberson1991,1994,1997),DesigningSocialIn-

quirybyKing,Keohane,an

dVerba(hereafterDSI)ismoreecumenicalinspirit.

DSIpresentsabroadprogr

ammaticstatementofferingdetaileds

uggestionsfor

improvingcase-orientedresearchusingprinciplesderivedfrom

thevariable-

orientedapproach.Thisamb

itiousworkattemptstoshow,contrarytotheclaims

ofmany,thatthecase-orien

tedapproachhasagreatdealincom

monwiththe

variable-orientedapproachandthuscanbeimprovedusinginsightsandtech-

niquesgleanedfromthevariable-orientedtradition.

Whilesomeoftheadvic

eofferedinthesecommentaries,especiallyinDSI,is

verygoodandcompletelyon

target,muchofitmissesthemark.Inwhatfollows,I

IthankBruceCarruthers,Dav

idCollier,andLarryGriffinfortheirmanyusefulcom-

ments.

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