Doing social network research : network-based research design for social scientists /
Robins, Garry,
Doing social network research : network-based research design for social scientists / Garry Robins. - 1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-254) and index.
The difference with social networks research -- Fundamental network concepts and ideas -- Thinking about networks : research questions and study design -- Social systems and data structures : relational ties and actor attributes -- Network observation and measurement -- The empirical context of network data collection -- Ethical issues for social networks 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.
Are you struggling to design your social network research? Are you looking for a book that covers more than social network analysis? If so, this is the book for you! With straight-forward 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. Open the book and you'll find practical, 'how to' advice and worked examples relevant to PhD students and researchers from across the social and behavioural sciences.
9781446276136 9781446276129
Social networks--Research--Methodology.
Social sciences--Network analysis.
302.3 / R657
Doing social network research : network-based research design for social scientists / Garry Robins. - 1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-254) and index.
The difference with social networks research -- Fundamental network concepts and ideas -- Thinking about networks : research questions and study design -- Social systems and data structures : relational ties and actor attributes -- Network observation and measurement -- The empirical context of network data collection -- Ethical issues for social networks 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.
Are you struggling to design your social network research? Are you looking for a book that covers more than social network analysis? If so, this is the book for you! With straight-forward 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. Open the book and you'll find practical, 'how to' advice and worked examples relevant to PhD students and researchers from across the social and behavioural sciences.
9781446276136 9781446276129
Social networks--Research--Methodology.
Social sciences--Network analysis.
302.3 / R657