fsQCA is an R module for conducting Qualitative Comparative Analysis
within the R statistical environment.  The tar.gz file is for Unix
(and, I presume, Apple) installations and the zip file is for Windows.

For Windows users: download the file to your computer, start R, and
click "Packages -> Install Package from Local Zip" (or whatever it's
called).  Attach the package by entering library(fsQCA) at the command
prompt.  I assume that it'll work but haven't checked.

I'm bumping the package's state to beta: the package has been
subjected to extensive testing and the results are correct.  A fair
amount of error-trapping (and hopefully-helpful error messages) have
been put in place.  The package could certainly be a bit more
user-friendly and it's still pretty slow (i.e., don't use it for more
than a handful of conditions).  I'll be addressing these concerns in
the next release.

Documentation isn't completely up-to-date.  Most notably, the routine
that checks for necessary conditions (helpfully named nec.conds()) is
completely undocumented.  So here's the documentation:
nec.conds(my_data_set [,outcome.col ,consist.thresh]).

If you find any bugs or if the package fails to fail gracefully,
please email your data set and command syntax to
<rubinson@u.arizona.edu> and I'll take a look.

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 fsQCA_1.2.tar.gz        23-Aug-2008 19:19    33k  
 fsQCA_1.2.zip           28-Aug-2008 23:22    53k  
 fsQCA_1.3.tar.gz        29-Jan-2009 14:40    62k  
 fsQCA_1.3.zip           29-Jan-2009 14:40    63k  

Claude Rubinson
Dept of Sociology
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
(520)370-8886
rubinson@u.arizona.edu