Fuzzy-set social science /
Charles C. Ragin.
- Chicago University of Chicago 2000
- xviii, 352 p.
In this innovative approach to the practice of social science, Charles Ragin explores the use of fuzzy sets to bridge the divide between quantitative and qualitative methods. Paradoxically, the fuzzy set is a powerful tool because it replaces an unwieldy, "fuzzy" instrumentŃthe variable, which establishes only the positions of cases relative to each other, with a precise oneŃdegree of membership in a well-defined set.