Group-Level Measures

We cover group-level network measures. These are measures that characterize whole networks. For example, there is density, centralization, core-periphery structures, average geodesic distance, and so on,

Readings

ASN ch 10
Borgatti, S.P. and Everett , M.G. 1999. Models of Core/Periphery Structures. Social Networks 21: 375-395.
Power laws

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Supplementary Readings

Leavitt, H. J. (1951). Some effects of certain communication patterns on group performance. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 46(1), 38. [pdf]
Borgatti, S.P. 2006. Identifying sets of key players in a network. Computational, Mathematical and Organizational Theory. 12(1): 21-34 [pdf]

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