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Bibliographic References

libfsqca

Rubinson, Claude. 2011. libfsqca. Houston, TX: University of Houston—Downtown.

acq

Rubinson, Claude and Christopher Reichert. 2011. acq. Houston, TX: University of Houston—Downtown.

Kirq

Reichert, Christopher and Claude Rubinson. 2011. Kirq. Houston, TX: University of Houston—Downtown.

Documentation

Kirq
• Kirq manual (not yet available)

acq
• bq.1 manual
• concov.1 manual
• consist.1 manual
• gtt.1 manual
• nec.1 manual
• suf.1 manual

Installation
• README.KirqST
• README (kirq-acq source package)

Visual Tour

See the Screenshots section of the site for a graphical tour of Kirq. Click through to the individual images for a discussion of Kirq's features.

Reference Material

• Rubinson, Claude. Forthcoming. "Contradictions in fsQCA." Quality & Quantity.
  Describes the fuzzy-set contradiction algorithm implemented in libfsqca, Kirq, and acq.
• Ragin, Charles C. 2008. Redesigning Social Inquiry: Fuzzy Sets and Beyond. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  Describes the basic QCA algorithms.
• Ragin, Charles C. 1987. The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
  Describes the truth table reduction algorithm.

Technical Support

For technical support and general discussion of the use and development of libfsqca, acq, and Kirq, please subscribe to the libfsqca-discuss mailing list. This list is also where bug reports should be submitted. You may also email Claude Rubinson, the lead developer, directly at <cjr@grundrisse.org>.