Kirq

Kirq is a user-friendly program for conducting crisp- and fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), as described in Ragin's The Comparative Method (1987) and Redesigning Social Inquiry (2008). Kirq is written in Python2 and Qt.

Please note that Kirq is being rewritten and the current version is no longer being updated. When the new version of Kirq is available, it will be announced here and on COMPASSS.

Downloads

• Kirq for Windows (MD5) (binary Windows package, latest version)
• Kirq for OSX (MD5) (binary OSX 10.7–10.9 package, latest version)
• Kirq for Linux (MD5) (binary Linux package, latest version)
• Binary Package Archive

Documentation

• Manual
• README
• FAQ/Bugs
• Tutorial

Technical Support

For help or to report bugs, please email Claude at rubinsonc@uhd.edu.

Citation

Reichert, Christopher and Claude Rubinson. 2014. Kirq. Houston, TX: University of Houston-Downtown.

License

Kirq is free software. Most of the code is licensed under the AGPL3, with certain portions released under the MIT license.