Glossary
- Interaction Approach :
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Data collection approach where respondents are required to record all social contacts (interactions) in a designated time frame
- Role-Relation(ship) Approach :
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Data collection approach where the criterion for generating a social network is social roles
- Affective Approach :
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Data collection approach where the criterion for generating a social network is the subjective value of ties for the respondents
- Exchange Approach :
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Data collection approach where the criterion for generating a social network is exchanges of resources
- Network Generator :
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A question for generating a social network Name Generator A type of a network generator which elicits names of actual persons
- Role Generator :
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A type of a network generator which elicits persons as social roles
- Resource Generator :
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A type of a network generator which elicits persons who are in specific positions in a society or possess specific skills...
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Kogovšek, T., Hlebec, V., Coenders, G., Coromina, L. (2014). Questionnaires for Measuring Social Network Contacts. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6170-8_399
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