Inc. SAGE Publications & Song Yang 
Social Network Analysis [EPUB ebook] 
Methods and Examples

Preface
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Basics of Social Network Analysis
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Social Network and How to Represent It
1.3 Types of Networks
1.4 Network Parts and Levels of Analysis
1.5 Networks as Social Structure and Institution
1.6 Theoretical Assumptions
1.7 Causality in Social Network Studies
1.8 A Brief History of Social Network Analysis
Chapter 2: Data Collection
2.1 Boundary Specification
2.2 Data Collection Process
2.3 Informant Bias and Issue of Reliability
2.4 Archival Data
Chapter 3: Descriptive Methods in Social Network Analysis
3.1 Graph and Matrix–Social Network Representation
3.2 Density
3.3 Centrality, Centralization, and Prestige
3.4 Cliques
3.5 Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) and Dendogram
3.6 Structural Equivalence
3.7 Two-Mode Networks and Bipartite Matrix
Chapter 4: Inferential Methods in Social Network Analysis
4.1 Permutation and QAP (Quadratic Assignment Procedure) Correlation
4.2 P* or Exponential Random Graph Model (ERGM)
Chapter 5: Social Network Analysis of Work and Organizations
5.1 Personal Connections and Labor Market Processes
5.2 Intra-Organizational Networks
5.3 Inter-Organizational Relations
Chapter 6: Social Network Analysis in Crime and Terrorism
6.1 Personal Networks, Delinquency, and Crime
6.2 Neighborhood Networks
6.3 Criminal Networks
6.4 Analyzing Social Networks of Terror
Chapter 7: Social Network Analysis in Emotional and Physical Health
7.1 Social Network Analysis and Emotional Health
7.2 Social Network Analysis in Physical Fitness
7.3 Social Network Analysis and Illicit Drug Use
7.4 Social Network Analysis and Sexually Transmitted Disease
Chapter 8: Political Networks
8.1 American Politics
8.2 Networks in International Relations
Glossary
References
Index

Lu Zheng is Associate Professor of Sociology in Tsinghua University, China and Adjunct Professor of Sociology in Texas A&M University, USA. His research projects focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR), social governance, and China’s ongoing urbanization process. His publications appear in Social Forces, British Journal of Sociology, Social Science Research, and China Quarterly, etc. His paper on listed firms in China’s stock market won the Best Paper Award from the International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Biennial Conference in 2012. His most recent coauthored book is Data you need to know about China: Research Report of China Household Finance Survey (2014).