TY - BOOK AU - Robins,Garry TI - Doing social network research: network-based research design for social scientists SN - 9781446276136 (pbk.) AV - HM741 ROB 2015 U1 - 302.3 23 PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - Sage KW - Social networks KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Social sciences KW - Network analysis KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographic references (pages 231-254) and index; The difference with social network research -- Fundamental network concepts and ideas -- Thinking about networks: Research quesstions and study design -- Social systems and data structures: Relational ties and actor attributes -- Network observation and measurment -- The empirical context of network data collection -- Ethical issues for social network research -- Network visualization: What it can and cannot do -- A review of social network analytic methods -- Drawing conclusions: Inference, generalization, causality and other weighty matters N2 - "With straightforward guidance on research design and data collection, as well as social network analysis, this book takes you start-to-finish through the whole process of doing network research."--Back cover ER -