Social Network Analysis Methods and Examples

Part I: Basics of Social Network Analysis
1. Introduction
2. The Social Network and How to Represent It
3. Types of Networks
4. Network Parts and Levels of Analysis
5. Networks as Social Structure and Institution
6. Theoretical Assumptions
7. Causality in Social Network Studies
8. A Brief History of Social Network Analysis

Part II : Data Collection
9. Boundary Specification
10. Data Collection Process
11. Informant Bias and Issue of Reliability
12. Archival Data

Part III : Descriptive Methods in Social Network Analysis
13. Graph and Matrix–Social Network Representation
14. Density
15. Centrality, Centralization, and Prestige
16. Cliques
17. Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) and Dendogram
18. Structural Equivalence
19. Two-Mode Networks and Bipartite Matrix

Part IV : Inferential Methods in Social Network Analysis
20. Permutation and QAP (Quadratic Assignment Procedure) Correlation
21. P* or Exponential Random Graph Model (ERGM)

Part V : Social Network Analysis of Work and Organizations
22. Personal Connections and Labor Market Processes
23. Intra-Organizational Networks
24. Inter-Organizational Relations



Part VI : Social Network Analysis in Crime and Terrorism
25. Personal Networks, Delinquency, and Crime
26. Neighborhood Networks
27. Criminal Networks
28. Analyzing Social Networks of Terror

Part VII: Social Network Analysis in Emotional and Physical Health
29. Social Network Analysis and Emotional Health
30. Social Network Analysis in Physical Fitness
31. Social Network Analysis and Illicit Drug Use
32. Social Network Analysis and Sexually Transmitted Disease

Part VIII: Political Networks
33. American Politics
34. Networks in International Relations