MCSN Tuesday, 15-Nov-11

General

• I've written up lots of new Pajek help - see Pajek help. Please be sure to master these techniques, especially
  • how to extract a subnetwork based on a partition, using partitions menu
  • how to extract a subpartition or subvector based on a partition, using vector menu
  • how to compare two partitions
  • how to compare two vectors
• Note: I'm away on Thursday, but class will be held and will be both important and fun, so please do not miss it! (someone please take attendance)
  • class affiliation partition
  • network closeness game
• draft proposals - be adding, correcting...I will give you feedback.

Exercise 5.8

• Movies.paj contains
  • 2-mode network linking 62 producers (mode 1, rows) to 40 composers (mode 2, columns) based on co-production during 1964-76
  • partition indicating top composers
  • questions:
    • do top composers work for relatively few producers (repeatedly work with the same producers over and over again)?
    • do top composers all work for the same producers?
  • procedure
    • examine network, looking at top composers. Any patterns?
    • compare partitions: (1) degree, and (2) being a top composer. What do cross-tabs tell us?
    • now extract one-mode net of composers only
    • extract corresponding "top composers" partition.