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Two Distinct Methods Beyond the Statistical Method Writ Small?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Joachim Blatter
Joachim Blatter*
Affiliation:
Politikwissenschaftliches Seminar der Universität Luzern, Frohburgstrasse 3, Luzern, 6002, Switzerland
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E-mail: joachim.blatter@unilu.ch
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Abstract

The questions address the possibilities of a methodology to capture the temporal unfolding of events, which is an aspect difficult to model in statistical analysis but at the core of ambition of process tracing. Peter Hall is encouraged to present his view on the relevance of the study of causal mechanisms in the social sciences.

Keywords

process tracingcongruence analysiscausal mechanisms

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Symposium
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European Political Science , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 2013 , pp. 10 - 12
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Copyright © 2013 European Consortium for Political Research

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