Network Analysis Literacy

Author : Katharina A. Zweig
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783709107416

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Network Analysis Literacy by Katharina A. Zweig Pdf

This book presents a perspective of network analysis as a tool to find and quantify significant structures in the interaction patterns between different types of entities. Moreover, network analysis provides the basic means to relate these structures to properties of the entities. It has proven itself to be useful for the analysis of biological and social networks, but also for networks describing complex systems in economy, psychology, geography, and various other fields. Today, network analysis packages in the open-source platform R and other open-source software projects enable scientists from all fields to quickly apply network analytic methods to their data sets. Altogether, these applications offer such a wealth of network analytic methods that it can be overwhelming for someone just entering this field. This book provides a road map through this jungle of network analytic methods, offers advice on how to pick the best method for a given network analytic project, and how to avoid common pitfalls. It introduces the methods which are most often used to analyze complex networks, e.g., different global network measures, types of random graph models, centrality indices, and networks motifs. In addition to introducing these methods, the central focus is on network analysis literacy – the competence to decide when to use which of these methods for which type of question. Furthermore, the book intends to increase the reader's competence to read original literature on network analysis by providing a glossary and intensive translation of formal notation and mathematical symbols in everyday speech. Different aspects of network analysis literacy – understanding formal definitions, programming tasks, or the analysis of structural measures and their interpretation – are deepened in various exercises with provided solutions. This text is an excellent, if not the best starting point for all scientists who want to harness the power of network analysis for their field of expertise.

Author : Catherine B. Cramer,Mason A. Porter,Hiroki Sayama,Lori Sheetz,Stephen Miles Uzzo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319772370

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Network Science In Education by Catherine B. Cramer,Mason A. Porter,Hiroki Sayama,Lori Sheetz,Stephen Miles Uzzo Pdf

Around the globe, there is an increasingly urgent need to provide opportunities for learners to embrace complexity; to develop the many skills and habits of mind that are relevant to today's complex and interconnected world; and to make learning more connected to our rapidly changing workplace and society. This presents an opportunity to (1) leverage new paradigms for understanding the structure and function of teaching and learning communities, and (2) to promote new approaches to developing methods, curricular materials, and resources. Network science - the study of connectivity - can play an important role in these activities, both as an important subject in teaching and learning and as a way to develop interconnected curricula. Since 2010, an international community of network science researchers and educators has come together to raise the global level of network literacy by applying ideas from network science to teaching and learning. Network Science in Education - which refers to both this community and to its activities - has evolved in response to the escalating activity in the field of network science and the need for people to be able to access the field through education channels. Network Science In Education: Transformational Approaches in Teaching and Learning appeals to both instructors and professionals, while offering case studies from a wide variety of activities that have been developed around the globe: the creation of entirely new courses and degree programs; tools for K-20 learners, teachers, and the general public; and in-depth analysis of selected programs. As network-based pedagogy and the community of practice continues to grow, we hope that the book's readers will join this vibrant network education community to build on these nascent ideas and help deepen the understanding of networks for all learners.

Author : Filippo Menczer,Santo Fortunato,Clayton A. Davis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108471138

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A First Course in Network Science by Filippo Menczer,Santo Fortunato,Clayton A. Davis Pdf

A practical introduction to network science for students across business, cognitive science, neuroscience, sociology, biology, engineering and other disciplines.

Author : Dominik E. Froehlich,Martin Rehm,Bart C. Rienties
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780429557040

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Mixed Methods Social Network Analysis by Dominik E. Froehlich,Martin Rehm,Bart C. Rienties Pdf

Mixed Methods Social Network Analysis brings together diverse perspectives from 42 international experts on how to design, implement, and evaluate mixed methods social network analysis (MMSNA). There is an increased recognition that social networks can be important catalysts for change and transformation. This edited book from leading experts in mixed methods and social network analysis describes how researchers can conceptualize, develop, mix, and intersect diverse approaches, concepts, and tools. In doing so, they can improve their understanding and insights into the complex change processes in social networks. Section 1 includes eight chapters that reflect on "Why should we do MMSNA?", providing a clear map of MMSNA research to date and why to consider MMSNA. In Section 2 the remaining 11 chapters are dedicated to the question "How do I do MMSNA?", illustrating how concentric circles, learning analytics, qualitative structured approaches, relational event modeling, and other approaches can empower researchers. This book shows that mixing qualitative and quantitative approaches to social network analysis can empower people to understand the complexities of change in networks and relations between people. It shows how mixed analysis can be applied to a wide range of data generated by diverse global communities: American school children, Belgian teachers, Dutch medical professionals, Finnish consultants, French school children, and Swedish right-wing social media users, amongst others. It will be of great interest to researchers and postgraduate students in education and social sciences and mixed methods scholars.

Author : John Scott
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781849668200

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What is Social Network Analysis? by John Scott Pdf

This book introduces the non-specialist reader to the principal ideas, nature and purpose of social network analysis. Social networks operate on many levels, from families up to the level of nations, and play a critical role in determining the way problems are solved, organizations are run, and the degree to which individuals achieve their goals. Social network theory maps these relationships between individual actors. Though relatively new on the scene it has become hugely influential across the social sciences. Assuming no prior knowledge of quantitative sociology, this book presents the key ideas in context through examples and illustrations. Using a structured approach to understanding work in this area, John Scott signposts further reading and online sources so readers can develop their knowledge and skills to become practitioners of this research method. A series of Frequently Asked Questions takes the reader through the main objections raised against social network analysis and answers the various queries that will come up once the reader has worked their way through the book.

Author : John Scott
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-03-25
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0761963391

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Social Network Analysis by John Scott Pdf

This edition is an accessible introduction to the theory and practice of network analysis in the social sciences. Scott outlines the theoretical basis of network analysis and the key techniques for using it as a research tool.

Author : Nitin Agarwal,Nima Dokoohaki,Serpil Tokdemir
Publisher : Springer
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319941059

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Emerging Research Challenges and Opportunities in Computational Social Network Analysis and Mining by Nitin Agarwal,Nima Dokoohaki,Serpil Tokdemir Pdf

The contributors in this book share, exchange, and develop new concepts, ideas, principles, and methodologies in order to advance and deepen our understanding of social networks in the new generation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) enabled by Web 2.0, also referred to as social media, to help policy-making. This interdisciplinary work provides a platform for researchers, practitioners, and graduate students from sociology, behavioral science, computer science, psychology, cultural studies, information systems, operations research and communication to share, exchange, learn, and develop new concepts, ideas, principles, and methodologies. Emerging Research Challenges and Opportunities in Computational Social Network Analysis and Mining will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, and graduate students from the various disciplines listed above. The text facilitates the dissemination of investigations of the dynamics and structure of web based social networks. The book can be used as a reference text for advanced courses on Social Network Analysis, Sociology, Communication, Organization Theory, Cyber-anthropology, Cyber-diplomacy, and Information Technology and Justice.

Author : Alexandra Georgakopoulou,Tereza Spilioti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317439301

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The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication by Alexandra Georgakopoulou,Tereza Spilioti Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication provides a comprehensive, state of the art overview of language-focused research on digital communication, taking stock and registering the latest trends that set the agenda for future developments in this thriving and fast moving field. The contributors are all leading figures or established authorities in their areas, covering a wide range of topics and concerns in the following seven sections: • Methods and Perspectives; • Language Resources, Genres, and Discourses; • Digital Literacies; • Digital Communication in Public; • Digital Selves and Online-Offline Lives; • Communities, Networks, Relationships; • New debates and Further directions. This volume showcases critical syntheses of the established literature on key topics and issues and, at the same time, reflects upon and engages with cutting edge research and new directions for study (as emerging within social media). A wide range of languages are represented, from Japanese, Greek, German and Scandinavian languages, to computer-mediated Arabic, Chinese and African languages. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication will be an essential resource for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers within English language and linguistics, applied linguistics and media and communication studies.

Author : Michele Knobel,Judy Kalman,Colin Lankshear
Publisher : Myers Education Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781975502157

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Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Theory in Literacy Studies Research by Michele Knobel,Judy Kalman,Colin Lankshear Pdf

Novice and early career researchers often have difficulty with understanding how theory, data analysis and interpretation of findings “hang together” in a well-designed and theorized qualitative research investigation and with learning how to draw on such understanding to conduct rigorous data analysis and interpretation of their analytic results. Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Theory in Literacy Studies Research demonstrates how to design, conduct and analyze a well put together qualitative research project. Using their own successful studies, chapter authors spell out a problem area, research question, and theoretical framing, carefully explaining their choices and decisions. They then show in detail how they analyzed their data, and why they took this approach. Finally, they demonstrate how they interpreted the results of their analysis, to make them meaningful in research terms. Approaches include interactional sociolinguistics, microethnographic discourse analysis, multimodal analysis, iterative coding, conversation analysis, and multimediated discourse analysis, among others. This book will appeal to beginning researchers and to literacy researchers responsible for teaching qualitative literacy studies research design at undergraduate and graduate levels. Perfect for courses such as: Literacy Research Seminar | Introduction to Qualitative Research | Advanced Research Methods | Studying New Literacies and Media | Research Perspectives in Literacy | Discourse Analysis | Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis | Sociolinguistic Analysis | Classroom Language Research

Author : John Scott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Social networks
ISBN : 1529716594

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Social network analysis by John Scott Pdf

Incorporating the most important and cutting-edge developments in the field, this bestselling text introduces newcomers to the key theories and techniques of social network analysis and guides more experienced analysts in their own research. New to This Edition: • A chapter on data collection, covering a crucial phase of the research process • Fully updated examples reiterate the continued importance of social network analysis in an increasingly interconnected world • Detailed 'Further Reading'sections help you explore the wider literature • Practical exercises including real-world examples of social networks enable you to apply your learning Expanded and brought right up-to-date, this classic text remains the indispensable guide to social network analysis for students, lecturers and researchers throughout the social sciences.

Author : Slattery, Cheryl A.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781522550082

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Developing Effective Literacy Intervention Strategies: Emerging Research and Opportunities by Slattery, Cheryl A. Pdf

As reading is vital to success in life and opens the door to nearly all other learning opportunities, it is essential that educators understand why students with learning how to read. Therefore, it is key for both professionals and researchers to establish their own approaches to assist those with reading difficulties Developing Effective Literacy Intervention Strategies: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical reference volume featuring the latest academic research on the benefits of a balanced literary framework and how it can help struggling readers gain knowledge and experience in reading. Including coverage among a variety of applicable viewpoints and subjects, such as zone of proximal development, response to intervention (RTI), and literary fluency, this book is ideally designed for education professionals working in the fields of elementary education and literacy, as well as academics and upper-level students looking for advanced research on literacy intervention and differentiated plans of instruction.

Author : Kai Fischbach,Marcel Großmann,Udo R. Krieger,Thorsten Staake
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783863092085

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MMB & DFT 2014 by Kai Fischbach,Marcel Großmann,Udo R. Krieger,Thorsten Staake Pdf

Author : David R. Olson,Nancy Torrance
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781139476317

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The Cambridge Handbook of Literacy by David R. Olson,Nancy Torrance Pdf

This handbook marks the transformation of the topic of literacy from the narrower concerns with learning to read and write to an interdisciplinary enquiry into the various roles of writing and reading in the full range of social and psychological functions in both modern and developing societies. It does so by exploring the nature and development of writing systems, the relations between speech and writing, the history of the social uses of writing, the evolution of conventions of reading, the social and developmental dimensions of acquiring literate competencies, and, more generally, the conceptual and cognitive dimensions of literacy as a set of social practices. Contributors to the volume are leading scholars drawn from such disciplines as linguistics, literature, history, anthropology, psychology, the neurosciences, cultural psychology, and education.

Author : Matthew Smith
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781622732784

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Networks of International Trade and Investment by Matthew Smith Pdf

In recent decades, the international economy has witnessed fundamental changes in the way manufacturing is organised: products are no longer manufactured in their entirety in a single location. Instead, the production process is often split across a number of stages located in countries that are frequently far apart from each other. By spreading out their manufacturing and supply chain activities globally through international investment and intra-firm trade, Multinational enterprises (MNEs) play a focal role in this reorganisation of production. Our ability to understand the global economy, therefore, requires an understanding of the interdependencies between the entities involved in such fragmented production. Traditional methods and statistical approaches are insufficient to address this challenge. Instead, an approach is required that allows us to account for these interdependencies. The most promising approach so far is network analysis. ‘Networks of International Trade and Investment’ makes a case for the use of network analysis alongside existing techniques in order to investigate pressing issues in international business and economics. The authors put forward a range of well-informed studies that examine compelling topics such as the role of emerging economies in global trade and the evolution of world trade patterns. They look at how network analysis, as both an approach and a methodology, can explain international business and economics phenomena, in particular, in relation to international trade and investment. Providing a comprehensive but accessible explanation of the applications of network analysis and some of the most recent methodological advances in its field, this edited volume is an important contribution to research in international trade and investment.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : MINN:30000006323350

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf