Sociology 712
Social Networks
Homework Assignments and Solutions

All of the homework assignments, requisite data (and sometimes programs) are listed below.  All homework assignments use example data, but you are more than welcome to run the homework on data of your own.

  1. Thinking Structurally
  2. Matrix Manipulations, Graph Translation and Network Drawing.
  3. Ego-Network Characteristics
  4. Selecting Ego-networks from global networks, Burt's Structural Holes measures
  5. Constructing a dual (person-through-group) network, basic network statistics
  6. Calculate and Compare different Centrality measures
  7. Small-World inventory, Clustering, Distance
  8. Connectivity
  9. Balance / Triad Census
  10. Calculating Hierarchy measures
  11. Identifying Cohesive Groups
  12. Block Modeling
  13. Calculate peer influence measures