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Types of relations
Tekijät: Gruber, Hans; Palonen, Tuire
Toimittaja: Kolleck, Nina
Kustantaja: Edward Elgar Publishing
Julkaisuvuosi: 2025
Kokoomateoksen nimi: Handbook of Social Network Analysis and Education
Sarjan nimi: Research Handbooks on Social Networks series
Aloitussivu: 19
Lopetussivu: 31
ISBN: 978-1-0353-1218-4
eISBN: 978-1-0353-1219-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035312191.00007
Verkko-osoite: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035312191.00007
Tiivistelmä
In this chapter, the basic characteristics of relationships in Social Network Analysis are outlined. A focus is set on the most widely used representations of networks, graphs, and matrices. The most important vocabulary is introduced, along with important terminologies concerning relations, such as directed versus undirected relations, symmetrical versus asymmetrical relations, and single versus multiplex relations. The most prominent theoretical underpinnings of relations in network research are outlined, many of which require a modification of raw relational data. Basic modification techniques are introduced and demonstrated using educational examples: dichotomising, symmetrising, and slicing. The most widely used relation-based network analysis measures are presented. To show how all these basic techniques are used in research, two research studies from different areas of educational science are presented in some detail, both based on analyses of relations. One study describes the growth of the New Education movement in the early twentieth century, while the other shows an empirical analysis of the development of play behaviour among preschool children. These very different educational topics and their contrasting methodological approaches demonstrate the power and breadth of relation-based network analysis.
In this chapter, the basic characteristics of relationships in Social Network Analysis are outlined. A focus is set on the most widely used representations of networks, graphs, and matrices. The most important vocabulary is introduced, along with important terminologies concerning relations, such as directed versus undirected relations, symmetrical versus asymmetrical relations, and single versus multiplex relations. The most prominent theoretical underpinnings of relations in network research are outlined, many of which require a modification of raw relational data. Basic modification techniques are introduced and demonstrated using educational examples: dichotomising, symmetrising, and slicing. The most widely used relation-based network analysis measures are presented. To show how all these basic techniques are used in research, two research studies from different areas of educational science are presented in some detail, both based on analyses of relations. One study describes the growth of the New Education movement in the early twentieth century, while the other shows an empirical analysis of the development of play behaviour among preschool children. These very different educational topics and their contrasting methodological approaches demonstrate the power and breadth of relation-based network analysis.
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