Doing social network research [electronic resource] : network-based research design for social scientists / Garry Robins.

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"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 (Author)
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Sage Publications Ltd, 2015.
Subjects:
Social networks > Research > Methodology.
Social sciences > Network analysis.
Online Access:
SAGE Research Methods Core: 2015 (SAGE Research Methods)
Variant Title:
Network-based research design for social scientists
Doing Social Network Research : Network-based Research Design for Social Scientists
Format: Electronic eBook
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.