Social network analysis (Record no. 33015)
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| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
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| LC control number | 2016947736 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781473952119 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Call number | 302.4 SC SO |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Authors | Scott, John |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Social network analysis |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | John Scott |
| EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition | 4th ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Los Angeles : |
| Publisher | Sage, |
| Date | c2017. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiii, 227 p. : |
| Other Details | ill. ; |
| Size | 25 cm. |
| CONTENTS | |
| Contents | List of figures -- About the author -- Preface to the fourth edition -- What is social network analysis? The data used in social network analysis ; Is there a network theory? ; An overview -- The history of social network analysis. The sociogram and sociometry ; Balance and group dynamics ; Informal organisation and community relations ; Matrices and cliques ; Formal models of community and kinship ; Formal methods triumphant ; Getting by without the help of your friends ; Entry of the social physicists -- Data collection for social network analysis. Asking questions ; Making observations ; Using documents ; Boundaries in relational data ; Positional and reputational approaches ; Does sampling make sense? -- Organising and analysing network data. Matrices and relational data ; Matrix conventions ; An analysis of directorship data ; Direction and value in relational data ; Computer programs for social network analysis -- Terminology for network analysis. The language of network analysis ; More than joining up the lines ; The flow of information and resources ; Density of connections ; Density in egonets ; Problems in density measures ; A digression on absolute density ; Community structure and density -- Popularity, mediation and exclusion. Local and overall centrality ; Mediation and betweenness ; Centrality boosts centrality ; Centralisation and graph centres ; The absolute centre of a graph ; Bank centrality in corporate networks -- Groups, factions and social divisions. Identifying subgraphs ; The components of a network ; The strength and stability of components ; Cycles and circuits ; The contours of components ; Cliques within components ; Intersecting social circles ; Components and citation circles -- Strucutral locations, classes and positions. The structural equivalence of points ; Clusters and similarity ; Divide and CONCOR ; Divisions and equivalence ; Regular equivalence in roles and functions ; Corporate interlocks and participations -- Social change and development. Structural change and unintended consequences ; Small-world networks ; Modelling social change ; Testing explanations -- Visualising and modelling. Taking space seriously ; Using multi-dimensional scaling ; Principal components and factors ; Non-metric methods ; How many dimensions? ; Worth a thousand words? ; Elites, communities and influence ; Business elites and bank power -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| SUMMARY | |
| Summary | Incorporating the most important and cutting-edge developments in the field, this bestselling text introduces newcomers to the key theories and techniques of social network analysis and guides more experienced analysts in their own research. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Social networks |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Social sciences |
| General | Network analysis |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | https://uowd.box.com/s/7shsw2ifqp1pvqkmk4w1c0e2h7u4k4te |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| University of Wollongong in Dubai | University of Wollongong in Dubai | Main Collection | 2018-01-21 | Kinokuniya | 302.4 SC SO | T0058427 | 2017-11-21 | 2017-11-21 | REGULAR |