Sociology 299s
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. Don’t work too far
ahead; some of these links are yet to be updated!
A general introduction to the SAS programming language can be found here,
complete with links to exercises and sample data and such: http://www.soc.duke.edu/~jmoody77/s884/homework/SASIntro.ppt
- Thinking
Structurally
- Matrix
Manipulations, Graph Translation and Network Drawing.
- Creating Data
- Ego-Network
Characteristics
- Selecting
Ego-networks from global networks, Burt's Structural Holes measures
- Constructing
a dual (person-through-group) network, basic network statistics
- Calculate
and Compare different Centrality measures
- Small-World
inventory, Clustering, Distance
- Connectivity
- Balance
/ Triad Census
- Calculating
Hierarchy measures
- Identifying
Cohesive Groups
- Block
Modeling
- Assignment
- Data / programs
- Solution
- Calculate
peer influence measures
- Assignment
- Data / programs
- Solution