Katherine Faust, Stanley WassermanCambridge University Press, 11/25/1994EAN 9780521387071, ISBN10: 0521387078Paperback, 857 pages, 22.7 x 15.2 x 3.8 cmLanguage: EnglishSocial network analysis is used widely in the social and behavioral sciences, as well as in economics, marketing, and industrial engineering. The social network perspective focuses on relationships among social entities and is an important addition to standard social and behavioral research, which is primarily concerned with attributes of the social units. Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications reviews and discusses methods for the analysis of social networks with a focus on applications of these methods to many substantive examples. It is a reference book that can be used by those who want a comprehensive review of network methods, or by researchers who have gathered network data and want to find the most appropriate method by which to analyze it. It is also intended for use as a textbook as it is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of the methodology and applications of the field.Part I. IntroductionNetworks, Relations, and Structure1. Relations and networks in the social and behavioral sciences2. Social network datacollection and applicationPart II. Mathematical Representations of Social Networks3. Notation4. Graphs and matrixesPart III. Structural and Locational Properties5. Centrality, prestige, and related actor and group measures6. Structural balance, clusterability, and transitivity7. Cohesive subgroups8. Affiliations, co-memberships, and overlapping subgroupsPart IV. Roles and Positions9. Structural equivalence10. Blockmodels11. Relational algebras12. Network positions and rolesPart V. Dyadic and Triadic Methods13. Dyads14. TriadsPart VI. Statistical Dyadic Interaction Models15. Statistical analysis of single relational networks16. Stochastic blockmodels and goodness-of-fit indicesPart VII. Epilogue17. Future directions.
