Part 1: What is Coincidence Analysis? · Module 3
Conjunctivity, equifinality, and causal chains
The Three Core Ideas
Everything CNA does rests on three ideas. Learn these three words and you have the heart of the method. Bonus: they make you sound very impressive in meetings.
A condition might only matter when it is joined to others . A broken cold chain on its own may be survivable, but a broken cold chain and no outreach and no supervision, all in the same place, is how coverage quietly collapses. The conditions gang up.
What You Will Be Able to Do
- Explain conjunctivity (AND) in plain language.
- Recognise equifinality (multiple roads) in programme data.
- Identify a causal chain, where one condition acts through another.
In This Module
- 1 · Conjunctivity, the "AND" idea
- 2 · Equifinality, the "many roads" idea
- 3 · Causal chains, the "knock-on" idea