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      Process tracing. Inducción, deducción e inferencia causal Translated title: Process Tracing: Induction, Deduction, and Causal Inference

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          RESUMEN El process tracing es un método para arribar a inferencias causales sólidas. Preocupados por la fragmentación creciente de la literatura en torno a variantes de process tracing, ponemos de relieve aquello que unifica el método: la reconstitución, desde distintas entradas, de una narrativa plausible y persuasiva para explicar resultados de interés. Nuestro argumento se construye a partir de la presentación de dos procesos de investigación, seleccionados por haberse iniciado desde dos entradas distintas: inductiva en un caso —por la novedad del fenómeno—, deductiva en el otro —por la existencia de teorías previas—. Mostramos cómo hacer process tracing rigurosamente, alternando momentos inductivos y deductivos según la entrada adoptada, y destacamos que estos estudios convergen en la producción de una narrativa que articula hipótesis y mecanismos causales para explicar los resultados de interés.

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          ABSTRACT Process tracing is a method to obtain solid causal inferences. Concerned by the fragmentation of the growing literature distinguishing different types of process tracing, we highlight the elements that unite this method: the construction, through different routes, of narratives that provide plausible, persuasive explanations of the outcomes of interest. Our argument draws on the comparison of two studies with different entry points to the research process: the first one starts inductively due to the novelty of the outcome of interest, while the second study starts deductively since previous theories were available. We show how to conduct process-tracing analysis rigorously and highlight that these studies converge to produce narratives structured around hypotheses and causal mechanisms that explain the outcomes.

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                revcipol
                Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)
                Rev. cienc. polít. (Santiago)
                Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política (Santiago, , Chile )
                0718-090X
                December 2017
                : 37
                : 3
                : 659-684
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                [3] orgnameCIRAD orgdiv1EGE Rabat Morocco
                [1] orgnameUniversidad Nacional de San Martín Argentina
                [2] Santiago de Chile orgnameUniversidad de Chile orgdiv1Instituto de Asuntos Públicos Chile
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                S0718-090X2017000300659
                2bf6a063-4f99-402d-a9d7-1166346785f7

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                inferencia causal,inducción,metodología cualitativa,deducción,qualitative methodology,process tracing,causal inference,induction,deduction

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