TY - BOOK AU - Ragin,Charles C. TI - Fuzzy-set social science SN - 0226702766 U1 - 301.1511322 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago KW - Fuzzy sets KW - CIENCIAS SOCIALES KW - INVESTIGACIONES KW - CIENCIAS POLITICAS KW - Hoehn, Marek N1 - Método comparativo N2 - 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" instrumentÑthe variable, which establishes only the positions of cases relative to each other, with a precise oneÑdegree of membership in a well-defined set ER -