Operationalisation of tie strength in social networks
February 6, 2009 at 12:00 am 1 comment
The method used to operationalise ties’ strength into weights affects the outcomes of weighted networks measures. Simply assigning 1, 2, and 3 to three different levels of tie strength might not be appropriate as this scale might misrepresent the actually difference among the three levels (using an ordinal scale). In this post, I highlight issues with collecting weighted social network data from surveys.
The content of this post has been integrated in the tnet manual, see Defining Weighted Networks.
Entry filed under: Network thoughts. Tags: arcs, complex networks, edges, graphs, Links, network, social network analysis, strength of nodes, ties, valued networks, weighted networks.
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Tore Opsahl 
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esagor | February 6, 2009 at 1:40 pm
This is a very nice overview! Thanks Tore.