I am running fsQCA on my primary data of 400 respondents. where I have 3 IDV, 1 DV, and a mediating variable.
while running the technique, I have encountered some problems such as
1. after clicking on Standard analysis, a graph does not come; I am directly shown a window where I have to select Present, absent, and present/absent.
2. In the truth table, there are no combinations shown instead every IDV is included separately. refer to the table
raw unique
coverage coverage consistency
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SU 0.808229 0.00909358 0.792386
PER 0.819483 0.0109022 0.788352
ATT 0.890072 0.0201468 0.835267
ACC 0.858923 0.00582808 0.82442
solution coverage: 0.965635
solution consistency: 0.712961
So I have queries which are as follows
1. Should the mediating variable be treated as IDV?
2. Having such a truth table is normal? If yes, please provide a possible explanation, and if possible, please provide a research paper with the same truth table.
3. Can I proceed to write a paper on such results?
4. Or have I done something wrong while running the fsQCA software?
I will be very thankful to you.
Kind Regards,
Riya