Research Design
An overview of different kinds of network research designs, including sociocentric (whole-network), egocentric (personal network), cognitive social structure, etc.
Readings
ASN 3 & 15
Krackhardt, D. 1987. Cognitive social structures. Social Networks 9:109-134
Marsden, P.V. 1988. Homogeneity in confiding relations. Social Networks 10: 57-76. [pdf] (this paper provides an example of egocentric data/analysis)
Some classic works
Bernard, H. R., E.C. Johnsen, P.D. Killworth, C. McCarty, G.A. Shelley, & S. Robinson (1990) Comparing four different methods for measuring personal social networks. Social Networks, 12 : 179-216.
Bernard, H. R., E.C. Johnsen, P.D. Killworth, & S. Robinson (1989) Estimating the size of an average personal network and of an event subpopulation. In Kochen, M., ed, The Small World (: 159-175). New Jersey : Ablex.
Boissevain, Jeremy (1973) An exploration of two first-order zones. In Boissevain, J. & J.C. Mitchell, eds, Network Analysis: Studies in Human Interaction. The Hague : Mouton.
Bott, Elizabeth (1957) Family and Social Network. London : Tavistock
Cubbit, T. (1973) Network density among urban families. In Boissevain, J. and J.C. Mitchell, eds, Network Analysis: Studies in Human Interaction. The Hague : Mouton
Fischer, Claude S. (1982) To Dwell Among Friends: Personal Networks in Town and City. Chicago : University of Chicago