Doing social network research: network-based research design for social scientists/

"With straightforward guidance on research design and data collection, as well as social network analysis, this book takes you start-to-finish through the whole process of doing network research."--Back cover.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robins, Garry
Format: Printed Book
Published: London: Sage Publications Pvt.Ltd., 2015.
Subjects:
Social networks-Research-Methodology.
Social sciences-Network analysis.
Social networks.
Online Access:https://books.google.co.in/books?id=GsKICwAAQBAJ&pg=PA208&dq=Doing+social+network+research+by+Garry+Robins&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj14rWLyqzQAhUErY8KHRtYB4YQ6AEINDAA#v=onepage&q=Doing%20social%20network%20research%20by%20Garry%20Robins&f=false
Table of Contents:
  • The difference with social network research
  • Fundamental network concepts and ideas
  • Thinking about networks: Research quesstions and study design
  • Social systems and data structures: Relational ties and actor attributes
  • Network observation and measurment
  • The empirical context of network data collection
  • Ethical issues for social network research
  • Network visualization: What it can and cannot do
  • A review of social network analytic methods
  • Drawing conclusions: Inference, generalization, causality and other weighty matters.

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