Intro/Intermediate

Monday (Dan Brass)

The "BIG PICTURE" of how social network concepts fit into the larger realm of social theory making connections to popular network-based theories. It is an overview of Concepts and Core Ideas, including:

- Small world networks

- Strength of Weak Ties

- Measures of Centrality

NOTE: Relevant reading material is available as an Attachment on the bottom of this page.

Tuesday (Rich DeJordy and LINKS Center team)

Tuesday through Thursday are hands/on lecture labs in which we explore using UCINET and NetDraw to analyze and visualize networks.

• • Tuesday morning: Hands-on software tutorial and introduction to graph theory terms.

  • Tuesday afternoon: Handling SNA Data - Collection, Entry, & Ethics

Wednesday

• • Wednesday morning: Centrality (Degree, Closeness, Betweenness, Eigencvector)

  • Wednesday afternoon: Cohesion (Whole network, dyadic, and subgroups)

Thursday

• • Thursday morning: Social Capital (Brokerage, Egonet Composition, Gould & Fernandez)

  • Thursday afternoon: Hypotheses testing (Dyadic, Nodal/Monadic, Mixed nodal/dyadic)