# Strategies For Social Inquiry

The Strategies For Social Inquiry book series provides advanced methodological frameworks for researchers in the social sciences. This academic series focuses on rigorous approaches to research and measurement within sociology, politics, and broader social science disciplines. Each volume offers specialized tools designed to enhance the precision and validity of scholarly investigations into complex human phenomena.

Qualitative Causal Inference and Explanation, the first volume in this series, addresses the tension between qualitative case studies and quantitative causal inference. David Waldner introduces a hybrid methodology that combines graph-theoretic analysis with traditional process-tracing. By utilizing new concepts such as hypothetical interventions and event-history maps, the text establishes standards for making valid, unit-level causal inferences. This scholarly work helps researchers achieve greater explanatory depth and density while avoiding false positives in social and political research.

## Books in this series (2)

- Vol. 1 — [Qualitative Causal Inference and Explanation](https://mybookbandits.com/books/9781009769563) (ISBN 9781009769563)
- Vol. 1 — [Qualitative Causal Inference and Explanation](https://mybookbandits.com/books/9781009769570) (ISBN 9781009769570)

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