Exploratory social network analysis with Pajek

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Title:

Author:

Nooy, Wouter de, 1962-

ISBN:

9780521841733

9780521602624

Personal Author:

Nooy, Wouter de, 1962-

Publication Information:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 334 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Series:

Structural analysis in the social sciences

Series Title:

Structural analysis in the social sciences

Contents:

1. Looking for social structure -- 2. Attributes and relations -- 3. Cohesive subgroups -- 4. Sentiments and friendship -- 5. Affiliations -- 6. Center and periphery -- 7. Brokers and bridges -- 8. Diffusion -- 9. Prestige -- 10. Ranking -- 11. Genealogies and citations -- 12. Blockmodels -- App. 1. Getting started with Pajek -- App. 2. Exporting visualizations -- App. 3. Shortcut key combinations.

Abstract:

"This is the first textbook on social network analysis integrating theory, applications, and professional software for performing network analysis (Pajek). Step by step, the book introduces the main structural concepts and their applications in social research with exercises to test the understanding. In each chapter, each theoretical section is followed by an application section explaining how to perform the network analyses with Pajek software. Pajek software and data sets for all examples are freely available, so the reader can learn network analysis by doing it. In addition, each chapter offers case studies for practicing network analysis. In the end, the reader has the knowledge, skills, and tools to apply social network analysis in all social sciences, ranging from anthropology and sociology to business administration and history."--BOOK JACKET.

Title Subject:

Pajek (Electronic resource)

Subject Term:

Social networks -- Mathematical models.

Social networks -- Computer simulation.

Added Author:

Mrvar, Andrej.

Batagelj, Vladimir, 1948-

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam041/2004041846.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam041/2004041846.html
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2004041846-b.html

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This was the first textbook on social network analysis integrating theory, applications, and professional software for performing network analysis (Pajek). Step by step, the book introduces the main structural concepts and their applications in social research with exercises to test the understanding. An application section explaining how to perform the network analyses with Pajek software follows each theoretical section. Pajek software and datasets for all examples are freely available, so the reader can learn network analysis by doing it. In addition, each chapter offers case studies for practising network analysis. In the end, the reader has the knowledge, skills, and tools to apply social network analysis in all social sciences, ranging from anthropology and sociology to business administration and history.