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Social Network Analysis
as an
Alternative to Normal Distribution
Social Network Analysis (SNA) The following table provides examples of the
(Scott, 2011; Wasserman and types of data collected, analytical methods and
Faust, 1994) focuses on analytical tools used in social network:
relational structures that
characterize a network of Data Types and Method
people. These relational
structures are represented by What types ??Social bonds (interpersonal ties,
graphs of individuals and their of data are friendship, family networks)
social relationships; and collected
structural indexes which analyze for social ??Organizational links
the network of social relations network? (connection between residents and
on the basis of characteristics community organizations)
such as neighborhood, density, Methods
centrality, cohesion and others. used to ??Media connection
collect such (specific media that residents and
Social network analysis (SNA) data organizations rely upon for news)
method has been used to
investigate educational issues Analytical ??Identify boundaries
such as teacher professional tools ??Clarify and design questions
networks (Baker?oyle and ???ctually existing social relations??Yoon, 2011; Penuel, Riel, Krause, ???erceived relations??& Frank, 2009), the spread of ??Dynamism: ?pisodic??relations or
educational innovations (Frank,
Zhao and Borman, 2004), and ?ypical???ong term??ties
peer influences on youth
behavior (Ennett, Bauman, ??Surveys
Hussong, Faris, Foshee, Cai and ??Interviews
DuRant, 2006). ??Facebook, LinkedIn
??Data mining (internet, emails)
??Archival data
??Observations
??Netlogo
??Netdraw
??UCINET
??NodeXL
??Gephi
??PAJEK
For the purpose of this Monograph, we will use
a specific study that applied the social network
analysis and also present evidence of long?ailed
distribution. This is a distinctive digression from
the traditional social science study and the
normal distribution associated with it.
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