Introduction to Social Network Methods

This on-line textbook introduces many of the basics of formal approaches to the analysis of social networks.

Scientific Computing Simulations and Modeling Mathematics

Tác giả: Robert Hanneman & Mark Riddle
Nhà xuất bản: University of California, Riverside
Nguồn: LibreTexts
Ngôn ngữ: EN
Danh mục: Công nghệ thông tin

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01: Social Network Data
1.01: Introduction - What's different about social network data
1.02: Nodes
1.03: Relations
1.04: Scales of Measurement
1.05: A note on Statistics and Social Network Data
02: Why Formal Methods
2.01: Introduction
2.02: Efficiency
2.03: Using computers
2.04: Seeing patterns
2.05: Summary
03: Using Graphs to Represent Social Relations
3.0E: 3.E: Using graphs to represent social relations (Exercises)
3.01: Introduction - Representing networks with graphs
3.02: Graphs and Sociograms
3.03: Kinds of Graphs
3.04: Summary
04: Working with Netdraw to Visualize Graphs
4.01: Introduction - A picture is worth...
4.02: Node Attributes
4.03: Relation Properties
4.04: Location, location, location
4.05: Highlighting parts of the network
4.06: A few hints on data handling with NetDraw
05: Using Matrices to Represent Social Relations
5.0E: 5.E: Using matrices to represent social relations (Exercises)
5.0S: 5.S: Using Matrices to Represent Social Relations (Summary)
5.01: What is a matrix
5.02: The adjacency matrix
5.03: Matrix permutation blocks and images
5.04: Doing mathematical operations on matrices
06: Working with Network Data
6.0S: 6.S: Working with Network Data (Summary)
6.01: Manipulating Network Data Structures
6.02: Making UCINET Datasets
6.03: Transforming Data Values
6.04: File Handling Tools
6.05: Selecting Subsets of the Data
6.06: Making New Kinds of Graphs from Existing Graphs
07: Connection
7.0E: 7.E: Connection (Exercises)
7.0S: 7.S: Connection (Summary)
7.01: Networks and Actors
7.02: Connection
7.03: Distance
08: Embedding
8.01: Introduction
8.02: Density
8.03: Reciprocity
8.04: Transitivity
8.05: Clustering
8.06: Group-External and Group-Internal Ties
8.07: Krackhardt's Graph Theoretical Dimensions of Hierarchy
8.08: Summary
09: Ego Networks
9.0S: 9.S: Ego Networks (Summary)
9.01: Introduction to Ego Networks
9.02: Ego Network Data
9.03: Ego Network Density
9.04: Structural Holes
9.05: Brokerage
10: Centrality and Power
10.0E: 10.E: Centrality and Power (Exercises)
10.0S: 10.S: Summary
10.01: Introduction to Centrality and Power
10.02: Degree Centrality
10.03: Closeness Centrality
10.04: Betweenness Centrality
11: Cliques and Sub-groups
11.0E: 11.E: Cliques and Sub-groups (Exercises)
11.0S: 11.S: Cliques and Sub-groups (Summary)
11.01: Introduction to Cliques and Sub-groups
11.02: Bottom-up Approaches
11.03: Top-down Approaches
12: Positions and Roles - The Idea of Equivalence
12.0E: 12.E: Positions and Roles - The Idea of Equivalence (Exercises)
12.0S: 12.S: Positions and Roles - The Idea of Equivalence (Summary)
12.01: Introduction to the Idea of Equivalence
12.02: Approaches to Network Positions and Social Roles
12.03: Defining Equivalence or Similarity
13: Measures of Similarity and Structural Equivalence
13.0S: 13.S: Measures of Similarity and Structural Equivalence (Summary)
13.01: Introduction to Measures of Similarity and Structural Equivalence
Dissimilarity
13.03: Visualizing Similarity and Distance
13.04: Describing Structural Equivalence Sets
14: Automorphic Equivalence
14.0S: 14.S: Automorphic Equivalence (Summary)
14.01: Defining automorphic equivalence
14.02: Uses of the Concept
14.03: Finding Equivalence Sets
15: Regular Equivalence
15.0S: 15.S: Regular Equivalence (Summary)
15.01: Defining Regular Equivalence
15.02: Uses of the Concept
15.03: Finding Equivalence Sets
16: Multiplex Networks
16.0S: 16.S: Multiplex Networks (Summary)
16.01: Introduction to Multiplex Networks
16.02: Multiplex Data Basics
16.03: Role Algebra for Mulitplex Data
17: Two-Mode Networks
17.0S: 17.S: Two-Mode Networks (Summary)
17.01: Introduction to Two-Mode Networks
17.02: Bipartite Data Structures
17.03: Visualizing Two-Mode Data
17.04: Quantitative Analysis
17.05: Qualitative Analysis
18: Some Statistical Tools
18.0S: 18.S: Some Statistical Tools (Summary)
18.01: Introduction to Statistical Tools
18.02: Describing One Network
18.03: Comparing Two Relations for the Same Set of Actors
18.04: Explaining Attributes of Networked Actors
18.05: Explaining the Relations Among Actors in a Network