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Concepts & Methods of Social Network Analysis


Instructors: Rich DeJordy and Dan Halgin

Location: B&E 148

This is a 3-day workshop providing a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and methods of social network analysis.

Day Time

Topics

Tues Morning
  • Introduction to Social Network Analysis

  • SNA Data and Collection

  • Ethics

Afternoon
  • Introduction to UCINET & Netdraw

  • Importing Data

  • Lab

Wed Morning
  • Centrality (degree, betweenness, closeness, eigenvector)
  • Lab
Afternoon
  • Cohesion (density, fragmentation, cliques, k-plex, k-core, Newman-Girvan)
  • Lab
Thurs Morning
  • Brokerage (structural holes measures, Gould & Fernandes measures)
  • Lab
Afternoon
  • Introduction to Hypothesis Testing (QAP, MRQAP)

Each day begins at 9am and ends at 5pm, with a lunch break from 12:30 to 2:00.

Readings

  • Borgatti, S.P. and Foster, P. 2003. The network paradigm in organizational research:  A review and typology. Journal of Management. 29(6): 991-1013 [pdf]
  • Borgatti, S.P., Mehra, A., Brass, D. and Labianca, G. (2009). “Network Analysis in the Social Sciences.” Science. Vol. 323. no. 5916, Feb 13, pp. 892 - 895  [published version] [longer pre-pub version]

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