Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences, Series Number 27) - Hardcover

De Nooy, Wouter; Mrvar, Andrej; Batagelj, Vladimir

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521841739 ISBN 13: 9780521841733

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

This was the first textbook on social network analysis integrating theory, applications, and professional software for performing network analysis. The book introduces the main concepts and their applications in social research with exercises. An application section explaining how to perform the network analyses with Pajek software follows each theoretical section.

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"Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek, is an introduction to both network analysis in general and to the Pajek package in particular. It is an excellent book for the beginner: clearly written, well presented, comprehensive and engaging." -Nick Crossley, Sociology

Reseña del editor

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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521841739
• ISBN 13: 9780521841733
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 364