Doing social network research : network-based research design for social scientists /
Doing social network research : network-based research design for social scientists / compiled by Garry, R. - Los Angeles : Sage Publications Ltd, c2015. - xiv, 261 p.: illustrations ; 25 cm
previously published in 2015.
Includes bibliographic references (pages 231-254) and index.
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.
"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.
9781446276136
HM741 .R64 2015