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dc.contributor.authorHegele, Yvonne-
dc.contributor.authorBehnke, Nathalie-
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-17T08:11:28Z-
dc.date.available2019-07-17T08:11:28Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.isbn9781526478009de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/17485-
dc.description.abstractIn federalism research, scholars are usually confronted with the problem of a small number of cases (small N). Only a limited number of federal or quasi-federal states exist which lend themselves for comparison. The same is true for within-state variation, as federal states have only a limited number of constituent units. What is more, those federal states vary along many institutional variables characteristic of their political systems, which would need to be controlled for in statistical analysis. Thus, federalism researchers frequently use methods such as single or comparative case studies and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis. While some scholars would argue that these methods are not fit for testing hypotheses, we demonstrate that hypotheses testing is also possible in a small N and qualitative data design. Yet, special attention needs to be paid to the problems of case selection and data analysis to enhance internal and external validity of empirical results. In this research case, we explain how we dealt with those problems and which methods we used to test hypotheses with qualitative data.de_CH
dc.format.extent15de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherSagede_CH
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSAGE Research Methods Casesde_CH
dc.rightsLicence according to publishing contractde_CH
dc.subject.ddc000: Allgemeines und Wissenschaftde_CH
dc.titleHypotheses testing with a small N : an example from federalism researchde_CH
dc.typeWorking Paper – Gutachten – Studiede_CH
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zhaw.departementSchool of Management and Lawde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Verwaltungs-Management (IVM)de_CH
zhaw.publisher.placeLondonde_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.4135/9781526478009de_CH
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zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
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Hegele, Y., & Behnke, N. (2019). Hypotheses testing with a small N : an example from federalism research. Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526478009
Hegele, Y. and Behnke, N. (2019) Hypotheses testing with a small N : an example from federalism research. London: Sage. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526478009.
Y. Hegele and N. Behnke, “Hypotheses testing with a small N : an example from federalism research,” Sage, London, 2019. doi: 10.4135/9781526478009.
HEGELE, Yvonne und Nathalie BEHNKE, 2019. Hypotheses testing with a small N : an example from federalism research. London: Sage
Hegele, Yvonne, and Nathalie Behnke. 2019. “Hypotheses Testing with a Small N : An Example from Federalism Research.” London: Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526478009.
Hegele, Yvonne, and Nathalie Behnke. Hypotheses Testing with a Small N : An Example from Federalism Research. Sage, 2019, https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526478009.


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