Doing Social Network Research: Network-based Research Design for Social Scientists

Doing Social Network Research: Network-based Research Design for Social Scientists

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>Are you struggling to design your social network research? Are you looking for a book that covers more than social network analysis?</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>If so, this is the book for you! With straight-forward guidance on research design and data collection, as well as social network analysis, this book takes you start to finish through the whole process of doing network research. Open the book and you′ll find practical, ′how to′ advice and worked examples relevant to PhD students and researchers from across the social and behavioural sciences.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>The book covers:</span></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>Fundamental network concepts and theories</span></li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>Research questions and study design</span></li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>Social systems and data structures</span></li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>Network observation and measurement</span></li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>Methods for data collection</span></li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>Ethical issues for social network research</span></li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>Network visualization</span></li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>Methods for social network analysis</span></li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>Drawing conclusions from social network results</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span>This is a perfect guide for all students and researchers looking to do empirical social network research.</span></p>