Conducting Personal Network Research: A Practical Guide
Christopher McCarty, Miranda J. Lubbers, Raffaele Vacca, José Luis Molina
Written at an introductory level, and featuring engaging case examples, this book reviews the theory and practice of personal and egocentric network research. This approach offers powerful tools for capturing the impact of overlapping, changing social relationships and contexts on individuals' attitudes and behavior. The authors provide solid guidance on the formulation of research questions; research design; data collection, including decisions about survey modes and sampling frames; the measurement of network composition and structure, including the use of name generators; and statistical modeling, from basic regression techniques to more advanced multilevel and dynamic models. Ethical issues in personal network research are addressed. User-friendly features include boxes on major published studies, end-of-chapter suggestions for further reading, and an appendix describing the main software programs used in the field.
年:
2019
出版社:
The Guilford Press
语言:
english
页:
293
ISBN 10:
146253838X
ISBN 13:
9781462538386
系列:
Methodology in the Social Sciences
文件:
PDF, 5.11 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2019