Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek

Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences

by Wouter de Nooy, Andrej Mrvar, Vladimir Batagelj

This is the first textbook on social network analysis integrating theory, applications, and professional software for performing network analysis (Pajek). Pajek software and datasets for all examples are freely available, so the reader can learn network analysis by doing it. In addition, each chapter offers case studies for practicing network analysis. The book will enable the reader to gain the knowledge, skills, and tools to apply social network analysis in all social sciences, ranging from anthropology and sociology to business administration and history.

Genres: Science, Sociology

362 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Diego Alexander · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es un excelente manual guía. Interesantemente lo mejor que tiene el libro para dar son las reflexiones teóricas e interpretativas que están detrás de cada medición en Pajek (hoy, sospecho, deben existir mejores herramientas). Un buen inicio para el acercamiento a las mediciones matemáticas no estadísticas en ciencias sociales

[Stephen G. Barr · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent and insightful textbook especially considering it was written in 2005 at the cusp of the social network explosion. The statistical modeling was truly ahead of it's time given the limited data sets available at the time. Very insightful study on what the author called "brokers & bridges" which we all call "influencers" today. There is far better data available now; however, the statistical model formats used will still apply to the recent data sets and analytics.