Social network analysis and education : theory, methods & applications

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Carolan, Brian V. (Author)
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles ; London ; New Delhi ; Singapore ; Washington, DC ; SAGE, [2014]
Subjects
ISBN9781412999472
Physical Descriptionxxi, 315 stran : ilustrace, mapy ; 24 cm

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the author
  • Theory and concepts
  • The social network perspective and educational research
  • Historical, theoretical, and analytical foundations
  • Basic concepts
  • Methods and measures
  • Collecting and managing network data
  • Structural measures for complete networks
  • Groups and positions in complete networks
  • Measures for egocentric network analysis
  • Applications and examples
  • An introduction to statistical inference with network data
  • Network data and statistical models
  • Social capital
  • Diffusion
  • Looking back, looking ahead