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*** Statistical measures
 
*** Statistical measures
 
*** Exploration vs hypothesis testing
 
*** Exploration vs hypothesis testing
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*** Software: Pajek: download and install
 
** Ethics
 
** Ethics
 
* Applications to ethnomusicology (brainstorming)
 
* Applications to ethnomusicology (brainstorming)
* Pajek: download and install
 
 
 
* Course mechanics:
 
* Course mechanics:
- Wiki
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** Wiki
- Tuesdays:  more lecturing, presenting material, answering questions
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** Tuesdays:  more lecturing, presenting material, answering questions.
- Thursdays: more review, demos, discussions, brainstorming...
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** Thursdays: more review, demos, discussions, brainstorming...
- Self-guided days
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** Self-guided days
- Pajek: importance of becoming familiar with this program
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** Pajek: practice makes perfect
- participation, including attendance, and demos (Thurs).
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** participation, including attendance, and demos (Thurs).
- chapter exercises, questions (due Thurs), assignments (due Tues)
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** chapter exercises, questions (due Thurs), assignments (due Tues)
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** grading; late and missed work policies

Revision as of 10:27, 15 July 2011

  • Welcome
  • Course introduction
  • What is a social network?
  • Issues in SNA
    • Graph theory and applications to social groups
    • Methods
      • Data collection
      • Data analysis
      • Statistical measures
      • Exploration vs hypothesis testing
      • Software: Pajek: download and install
    • Ethics
  • Applications to ethnomusicology (brainstorming)
  • Course mechanics:
    • Wiki
    • Tuesdays: more lecturing, presenting material, answering questions.
    • Thursdays: more review, demos, discussions, brainstorming...
    • Self-guided days
    • Pajek: practice makes perfect
    • participation, including attendance, and demos (Thurs).
    • chapter exercises, questions (due Thurs), assignments (due Tues)
    • grading; late and missed work policies