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comparative method

In sociology, the comparison of different societies or social groups as a means of elucidating their differences and/or similarities. It was originally used by philologists to analyse the common characteristics of different languages in order to trace their common origins.



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The author uses a comparative method of social history, putting the Gospel of John beside selected manuscripts from Qumran (IQpHab, 4QMMT, CD) and recorded Bible study sessions from the Branch Davidian community.
Much of this work explicitly or implicitly relies on the comparative method of analysis which Skocpol and Margaret Somers note are essentially of two forms: what they call the "Method of Agreement" between two societies where the outcome is the same, but most institutions were different, and the "Method of Difference" where all but one of the causal factors or institutions were the same in two societies, and their outcome was different.
The constant comparative method of qualitative analysis.
 
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