Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek

Wouter de Nooy, Vladimir Batagelj, Andrej Mrvar - Collection Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences

362 pages, parution le 10/01/2005

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Résumé

This is the first textbook on social network analysis integrating theory, applications, and professional software for performing network analysis (Pajek). Step by step, the book introduces the main structural concepts and their applications in social research with exercises to test the understanding. An application section explaining how to perform the network analyses with Pajek software follows each theoretical section. Pajek software and datasets for all examples are freely available, so the reader can learn network analysis by doing it. In addition, each chapter offers case studies for practicing network analysis. In the end, the reader has the knowledge, skills, and tools to apply social network analysis in all social sciences, ranging from anthropology and sociology to business administration and history.

Sommaire

Looking for social structure
Attributes and relations
Cohesive subgroups
Sentiments and friendship
Affiliations
Center and periphery
Brokers and bridges
Diffusion
Prestige
Ranking
Genealogies and citations
Blockmodels

App. 1 Getting started with Pajek
App. 2 Exporting visualizations
App. 3 Shortcut key combinations

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Wouter de Nooy, Vladimir Batagelj, Andrej Mrvar
Collection	Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences
Parution	10/01/2005
Nb. de pages	362
Couverture	Broché
Poids	638g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521602624
ISBN13	978-0-521-60262-4