Multi-Method Social Science

Jason Seawright is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. He has written extensively about multi-method research and has published in journals including Political Analysis, Political Research Quarterly, Sociological Methodology, and Sociological Methods and Research. He was the author or co-author of several chapters in Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards, edited by Henry E. Brady and David Collier. He has taught courses on multi-method research design at institutes worldwide.

• 1. Integrative multi-method research; 2. Causation as a shared standard; 3. Using case studies to test and define regressions; 4. Case selection after regression; 5. Combining case studies and matching; 6. Combining case studies and natural experiments; 7. Embedding case studies within experiments; 8. Multi-method case studies; Appendix A. Qualitative causal models and the potential outcomes framework; Bibliography.