Comparing Different Approaches to Evaluating the Impact of Social Outcome Contracts

Abstract

In this presentation, we discuss the application of Process Tracing, which assumes causation is generative, and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) with assumes causation is multiple, to evaluate the impact of different elements of a Social Outcome Contract. We compare how these two different approaches were used to evaluate the same Social Outcome Contract, offering insights into the potential of using small ‘n’ methodologies for future analyses.