Process tracing (a leading method of qualitative causal inference) is designed to investigate cause-and-effect in one-of-a-kind situations where unknown unknowns are important factors. My personal focus is applying this to design, implement, and evaluate development and peacebuilding projects.
John [user:field_middlename] Hoven
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John Hoven
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United States of America
John Hoven
independentQualitative methods are often descriptive. Has anyone used qualitative causal inference?
The goal of qualitative causal inference is to prove cause-and-effect, either looking back into the past, or forward into the future. My sense is that this approach relies heavily on unscripted interviews, where undiscovered issues are revealed by follow-up questions. (What do you mean? Can you give an example?)