Description
Instructor(s)/Supervisor(s)/Coordinator(s): Jinlin WEIThis course familiarizes students with the basic concepts of Social Network Analysis (the study of social relations among actors and their interdependence), their application in different Social Science fields, and teaches them how to analyze network data using open-source software. The course consists both of lectures and applied exercises, the latter culminating in a group project. Knowledge of basic statistics and a statistical programming language (R, STATA, etc.) is recommended.