This three-day seminar provides comprehensive training in Set-Theoretic Multi-Method Research (SMMR), integrating Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) with detailed case studies to enhance participants' methodological capabilities for drawing descriptive and causal inference. Led by Carsten Schneider, a leading expert in the field, the workshop covers theoretical foundations, practical applications, and the use of R software for performing SMMR, equipping researchers across the social sciences with impactful skills for nuanced data analysis.

Topics Covered
Empirical illustration , Elements of SMMR , Types of cases in SMMR , Single-case SMMR , Comparative-case SMMR , Broken sufficiency corridors , Identify best available (pairs of) typical and deviant cases , Interpret output of R function smmr() , Empirical example , Challenges and solutions , Additional sub-types of cases , Additional principles , Additional Principles , Necessary INUS conditions , INUS conditions , QCA solution types and causal inference , Basics , Disjunctions , Conjunctions , Robustness tests , Theory Evaluation , Cluster Diagnostics , Time-infused QCA solutions , SMMR and different types of sets , Sequencing and selecting SMMR designs , Ideal-typical vs. applied SMMR