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Ego Network
Analysis I
In this first class on ego networks, we introduce basic concepts
and techniques.
Topics
Readings
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Burt, R. The social structure of social
capital. [pdf]
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Lin, N. Building a network theory of
social capital. [html]
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Borgatti. 1997. Structural holes: Unpacking Burt's redundancy measures.
Connections 20(1) [html]
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Borgatti, Jones and Everett. 1998. Network measures of social capital.
Connections 21(2) [html]
- Marsden, P.V. 1988. Homogeneity in
confiding relations. Social Networks 10: 57-76. [pdf]
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Videos
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Brief introduction to personal network analysis [mp4]
Slides
Exercises
Handout
- A socnet discussion on the origins
of the term "social capital" [html]
Additional Readings
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Additional
- Bernard, H. R., E.C. Johnsen, P.D. Killworth, C. McCarty, G.A. Shelley,
& S. Robinson (1990) Comparing four different methods for measuring personal
social networks. Social Networks, 12 : 179-216.
- Bernard, H. R., E.C. Johnsen, P.D. Killworth, & S. Robinson (1989)
Estimating the size of an average personal network and of an event
subpopulation. In Kochen, M., ed, The Small World (: 159-175). New Jersey :
Ablex.
- Boissevain, Jeremy (1973) An exploration of two first-order zones. In
Boissevain, J. & J.C. Mitchell, eds, Network Analysis: Studies in Human
Interaction. The Hague : Mouton.
- Bott, Elizabeth (1957) Family and Social Network. London : Tavistock
- Cubbit, T. (1973) Network density among urban families. In Boissevain,
J. and J.C. Mitchell, eds, Network Analysis: Studies in Human Interaction.
The Hague : Mouton
- Fischer, Claude S. (1982) To Dwell Among Friends: Personal Networks in
Town and City. Chicago : University of Chicago
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