Social Network Analysis by Song Yang (English) Paperback Book

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Knoke and Yang′s handy primer on social network analysis offers a concise introduction to basic network concepts, data collection, and network analytical methodology. 

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Social Network Analysis, Third Edition succinctly illustrates the concepts and methods related to substantive social network research problems. The authors convey key material while at the same time minimizing technical complexities, citing examples ranging from small networks to communities, and international systems. The new edition reflects developments and changes in practice over the past decade and describes important recent developments in network analysis. Throughout the volume, Knoke and Yang also comment on the challenges and opportunities offered by internet and social media data.

Author Biography

David Knoke (Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1972) is a professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches and does research on diverse social networks, including political, economic, healthcare, intra-  and interorganizational, and terrorist & counterterror networks. In addition to many articles and chapters, he has written seven books about networks: Network Analysis (1982, with James Kuklinski), The Organizational State (1985, with Edward Laumann), Political Networks (1990), Comparing Policy Networks (1996, with Franz Pappi, Jeffrey Broadbent, and Yutaka Tsujinaka), Changing Organizations (2001), Social Network Analysis (2008, with Song Yang), and Economic Networks (2012). Song Yang (Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2002) is a professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Arkansas. His teaching and research areas are social network analysis, including business, economic, and organizational networks, work and organization studies, and social statistics. He published many articles and chapters, with the most recent ones on Journal of Business Research and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. He has written several books, including Social Network Analysis (2008, with David Knoke), The Invisible Hands of Political Parties in Presidential Elections: Party Activists and Political Aggregation from 2004 to 2012 (2013, with Andrew Dowdle, Scott Limbocker, Patrick Stewart, and Karen Sebold), and Social Network Analysis: Methods and Examples (2016, with Franziska Keller, and Lu Zheng).  

Table of Contents

Series Editor's IntroductionAbout the AuthorsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction to Social Network AnalysisChapter 2. Network Fundamentals2.1. Underlying Assumptions2.2. Entities and Relations2.3. Networks2.4. Research Design ElementsChapter 3. Data Collection3.1. Boundary Specification3.2. Data Collection Procedures3.3. Cognitive Social Structure3.4. Missing Data3.5. Measurement Error3.6. Collecting Network DataChapter 4. Basic Methods for Analyzing Networks4.1. Network Representation: Graphs and Matrices4.2. Nodes: Centrality, Power, Prestige4.3. Dyads: Walk, Path, Distance, Reachability4.4. Subgroups: Transitivity and Cliques4.5. Whole Networks: Size, Density, Centralization4.6. Structural, Regular, and Automorphic EquivalenceChapter 5. Advanced Methods for Analyzing Networks5.1. Ego-Nets5.2. Visualizations: Clustering, MDS, Blockmodels5.3. Two-Mode and 3-Mode Networks5.4. Community Detection5.5. Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs)5.6. Future Directions in Network AnalysisAppendix: Social Network Analysis Software PackagesReferencesIndex

Review

One of the most clear and yet comprehensive explanations of network analysis in research that I have ever read. -- Howard Lune * Review *This book provides a solid foundation for conducting a social network analysis for all analytics professionals-- Michael Levin * Review *Knoke and Yang have written a compelling new edition that balances timeless description of key network concepts with a fresh set of examples drawn from the myriad instances in which social scientists are using social network analysis to understand relationships. -- Brian G. Southwell * Review *

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This book provides a solid foundation for conducting a social network analysis for all analytics professionals

Details ISBN1506389317 Author David Knoke Publisher SAGE Publications Inc Series Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences Year 2020 Edition 3rd ISBN-10 1506389317 ISBN-13 9781506389318 Format Paperback Imprint SAGE Publications Inc Place of Publication Thousand Oaks Country of Publication United States Replaces 9781412927499 DEWEY 302.3 Pages 200 Publication Date 2020-01-20 Language English UK Release Date 2020-01-20 NZ Release Date 2020-01-20 US Release Date 2020-01-20 Edition Description 3rd Revised edition Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2020-01-19 We've got this

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