TY - BOOK AU - Robins,Garry TI - Doing social network research: network-based research design for social scientists SN - 9781446276136 U1 - 302.3 23 PY - 2015/// CY - London, Thousand Oaks, California PB - SAGE KW - Social networks KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Social sciences KW - Network analysis N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1934508 UR - https://methods.sagepub.com/book/doing-social-network-research UR - http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=none&isbn=9781473916746 UR - https://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=none&isbn=9781473916722 UR - https://nls.ldls.org.uk/welcome.html?ark:/81055/vdc_100025342286.0x000001 UR - https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=30778422 UR - https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=31568685 ER -