Sociology 613: Social Network Analysis

Welcome to the online home of Sociology 613 (syllabus), a class on social network analysis at the University of Oregon. We will use Canvas for distributing readings, communication, and turning in assignments and we will use this page for storing slides, workshop material, and problem sets.

The class is taught by Ryan Light.

The course was greatly influenced by courses by and conversations with jimi adams and Jim Moody.

Weekly Slides, Workshop Notes, and Homework Sets

001 Introductions

Lecture: .pdf

Homework: .pdf | The bonus challanges you to build a family network tree in R. Here is an example if interested: .html

002 Foundations and Theoretical Perspectives

Lecture/Workshop: None. Be prepared to discuss the theoretical pieces listed in the syllabus.

Homework: .pdf

003 Collecting and Visualizing Network Data

Workshop: .html | .rmd

Homework: .pdf | cheatsheet.html | cheatsheet.qmd

Bonus: The visualizations in Moody and Light (2020) were not constructed in R. I have offered a few strategies for generating numerous of the images in this chapter in the following supplement: .html | .rmd

004 Network Composition, Distance, and Balance

Workshop: .html | .rmd

Homework: .pdf

005 Centrality and Power

Slides: .html

Workshop: .html

Homework: .pdf

006 Cohesion and Community Detection

Slides: .html

Workshop: .html

Homework: .pdf

007 Two-Mode Networks

Slides: .html

Workshop: .html

Homework: TBD

008 Diffusion and Preliminary Statistics

Workshop: .html

Homework: .pdf

009 Introduction to Statistical Models

Slides: .html

Workshop: .html

Homework: .pdf

010 Oddities, Advanced Models, and Next Steps

Slides: TBD

Workshop: TBD

Homework: TBD