Ego Network Analysis
Ego network analysis refers to the analysis of ego nets -- the cloud of actors and relationships around a focal person. Ego network data can be collected via a personal network research design (in which the whole network is not collected) or extracted from data collected via a whole network design.
Topics
Individual social capital
Egonet composition
Egonet strength
Egonet heterogeneity
Homophily
Data collection
Readings
Lin, N. Building a network theory of social capital. [html]
Borgatti, Jones and Everett. 1998. Network measures of social capital.Connections 21(2) [html]
Marsden, P.V. 1988. Homogeneity in confiding relations. Social Networks 10: 57-76. [pdf]
Slides
egonet.pdf (8 Feb 2013)
Handout
A socnet discussion on the origins of the term "social capital" [html]
Data
neogen dataset
Exercises
Additional Readings
visit the Social Capital page
Old Videos
Brief introduction to personal network analysis [mp4]