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New CNA Method Handles Multi-Value Outcomes & Fuzzy Sets
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Causal Modeling with Multi-Value and Fuzzy-Set Coincidence Analysis was authored by Michael Baumgartner and Mathias Ambühl. It was published by Cambridge in PSR&M in 2020.

Coincidence Analysis (CNA) traditionally analyzes dichotomous variables. This paper extends its capabilities to multi-value and fuzzy-set data, offering enhanced inferential power for complex political phenomena.

Dataset Expansion: The generalized approach accommodates continuous variables interpreted as membership scores in fuzzy sets.

Multi-Outcome Advantage: CNA now excels at identifying causal structures across multiple outcomes—a capability QCA lacks.

Methodological Comparison: This adaptation provides superior analytical tools even for single-outcome scenarios, where QCA typically operates.

Practical Application: The new techniques are implemented in the R package cna's latest version.

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