Schedule

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Thursday -- Introduction

Morning | Overview of the Field

• • Brief history

  • Key tenets

  • Basic concepts

Afternoon | Introduction to the Software

• • UCINET

    • Importing data, including 2-mode and attributes

  • NetDraw

    • Exporting images to PowerPoint

  • Self-guided Exercise

Friday -- Dyads and Wholes

Morning | Dyadic Concepts

• • [Slides] Distance, reachability, tie embeddedness, equivalence, strong ties

  • [Software] Demonstration of measuring/constructing concepts

  • [Exercise] Self-guided exercise using software and standard datasets

Morning | Whole Network Properties

• • [Slides] Aggregating dyadic concepts to group level; centralization

  • [Software] Measuring whole network properties

  • [Exercise] Self-guided tour of software

Afternoon | Dyadic analyses

• • [Slides] Relating relations

  • [Software] Correlating and regression relational data

  • [Exercise] Self-guided regression analysis

Saturday -- Node-level Concepts

Morning | Local Properties

• • [Slides] Egonet composition; brokerage

  • [Software] Running egonet analyses in UCINET

  • [Exercise] Self-guided analysis of egonet composition and structural holes

Afternoon | Centrality

• • [Slides] Measures of centrality and relationships among them

  • [Software] How to calculate centrality measures in UCINET

  • [Exercise] Self-guided calculations and interpretation