Designing Empirical Social Networks Research (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781009484220)

A user-friendly introductory guide to the empirical study of social networks. Jennifer M. Larson presents the fundamentals of social networks in an intuition-forward way which guides theory-driven research design. Substantial attention is devoted to a framework for developing a network theory that will steer data collection to be maximally informative and minimally frustrating. Other features include: Coverage of a range of practical topics including selecting operationalizations, cutting survey costs, and cleaning data; A tutorial for getting started in analyzing networks in R; Technical sections full of examples, points to hone intuition, and practice problems with solutions. Designing Empirical Social Networks Research will be a valuable tool for advanced undergraduates, Ph.D. students in the social sciences, especially political science, and researchers across the social sciences who are new to the study of networks.

Author: Jennifer M. Larson
ISBN-10: 1009484222
ISBN-13: 9781009484220
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2024
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback