Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-14-2017

Publication Title

European Political Science

Volume

17

Abstract

We introduce a web application, the Case Selector (http://und.edu/faculty/brian.urlacher), that facilitates comparative case study research designs by creating an exhaustive comparison of cases from a dataset on the dependent, independent, and control variables specified by the user. This application was created to aid in systematic and transparent case selection so that researchers can better address the charge that cases are ‘cherry picked.’ An examination of case selection in a prominent study of rebel behaviour in civil war is then used to illustrate different applications of the Case Selector.

Issue

2

First Page

422

Last Page

436

DOI

10.1057/s41304-017-0128-5

ISSN

1682-0983

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“This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in European Political Science. The definitive publisher-authenticated version prescott, . & urlacher, .. Eur Polit Sci (2018) 17: 422. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-017-0128-5 is available online at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41304-017-0128-5.

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