Doing social network research : network-based research design for social scientists / Garry Robins

Author: Robins, Garry
Additional Titles: Network-based research design for social scientists
Published: Los Angeles : Sage Publications Ltd, 2015.
Copyright Date: ©2015
Physical Description: xiv, 261 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents

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.

Summary

"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.

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ISBN

9781446276136 (pbk.)
1446276139
9781446276129
1446276120

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-254) and index.

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