class: left, bottom, title-slide # Part 1: Introduction to Networks ## #aectRTD workshop ### K. Bret Staudt Willet | Florida State University ### March 4, 2022 --- class: inverse, center, middle #
<br><br> Welcome & Introductions --- #
Meet Your Instructor! <img src="img/hello.jpg" width="420px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> ### Bret Staudt Willet, Ph.D. -
Assistant Professor, [Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies](https://education.fsu.edu/islt), Florida State University -
Website: http://bretsw.com -
Twitter: [@bretsw](https://twitter.com/bretsw) -
GitHub: [bretsw](https://github.com/bretsw/) --- #
Meet Your Co-conspirators! <div class="padlet-embed" style="border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-radius:2px;box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden;position:relative;width:100%;background:#F4F4F4"><p style="padding:0;margin:0"><iframe src="https://fsu.padlet.org/embed/u39nyiwsn9rcvogg" frameborder="0" allow="camera;microphone;geolocation" style="width:100%;height:480px;display:block;padding:0;margin:0"></iframe></p><div style="padding:8px;text-align:right;margin:0;"><a href="https://padlet.com?ref=embed" style="padding:0;margin:0;border:none;display:block;line-height:1;height:16px" target="_blank"><img src="https://padlet.net/embeds/made_with_padlet.png" width="86" height="16" style="padding:0;margin:0;background:none;border:none;display:inline;box-shadow:none" alt="Made with Padlet"></a></div></div> <div class="caption"> <p><a href="https://fsu.padlet.org/bretsw/u39nyiwsn9rcvogg" target="_blank">'Intros: #aectRTD SNA workshop' padlet</a></p> </div> --- class: inverse, center, middle #
<br><br> Workshop Information --- #
Important Links ## Homebase - **Workshop website:** https://bretsw.github.io/aect22-workshop - **Workshop code repository:** https://github.com/bretsw/aect22-workshop - **tidytags R package:** https://github.com/ropensci/tidytags -- ## Agenda - **Part 1: Introduction to Networks** - Slides: [Part 1 - Networks](1-networks.html) - **Part 2: Introduction to R** - Slides: [Part 2 - R](2-intro-R.html) - **Part 3: Network Description** - Slides: [Part 3 - Description](3-description.html) - **Part 4: Network Inference** - Slides: [Part 4 - Inference](4-inference.html) -- ## Help - Ask questions in the Zoom chat! - Or, reach out directly: - Email: [bret.staudtwillet@fsu.edu](mailto:bret.staudtwillet@fsu.edu) - Twitter: [@bretsw](https://twitter.com/bretsw) --- class: inverse, center, middle #
<br> <br> **Part 1:** <br> Introduction to Networks --- #
Defining networks <img src="img/kadushin-book.jpg" width="240px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> <div class="caption"> <p>Kadushin, C. (2012). <em>Understanding social networks: Theories, concepts, and findings.</em> New York, NY: Oxford University Press.</p> </div> -- **Social network analysis:** (SNA; Kadushin, 2012, pp. 3–4) -- - "set of relations between objects" -- - "what passes through these networks" --- #
What to measure? <img src="img/network.jpg" width="720px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> **Objects
Relations
What Passes Through** --- #
What to measure? **Objects
Relations
What Passes Through** <div class="padlet-embed" style="border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-radius:2px;box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden;position:relative;width:100%;background:#F4F4F4"><p style="padding:0;margin:0"><iframe src="https://fsu.padlet.org/embed/mt9bov3n6809uwi" frameborder="0" allow="camera;microphone;geolocation" style="width:100%;height:420px;display:block;padding:0;margin:0"></iframe></p><div style="padding:8px;text-align:right;margin:0;"><a href="https://padlet.com?ref=embed" style="padding:0;margin:0;border:none;display:block;line-height:1;height:16px" target="_blank"><img src="https://padlet.net/embeds/made_with_padlet.png" width="86" height="16" style="padding:0;margin:0;background:none;border:none;display:inline;box-shadow:none" alt="Made with Padlet"></a></div></div> <div class="caption"> <p><a href="https://fsu.padlet.org/bretsw/mt9bov3n6809uwi" target="_blank">'Measures: #aectRTD SNA workshop' padlet</a></p> </div> --- #
SNA key terms <img src="img/network.jpg" width="420px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> **Objects
Relations
What Passes Through** -- - **Objects:** nodes, vertices,
-- - **Relations:** edges, connections,
-- - **Edgelist:** two-columns: sender + receiver - Each column entry is a **node** - Each row is an **edge** (i.e., connection between two nodes) --- #
SNA key terms - **Order:** count of nodes (vertices, objects) -- - **Size:** count of edges (connections, relations) -- - **Diameter:** similar to degrees of separation -- - **Density:** out of all possible connections, percentage that have been made -- - **Node degree:** number of connections -- - *In-degree:* popularity -- - *Out-degree:* productivity -- - **Reciprocity:** mutuality -- - *Low reciprocity* implies hierarchical relationships (Hogan, 2017) -- - **Transitivity:** clustering -- - *High transitivity* implies several highly popular or productive nodes (Hogan, 2017) --- #
SNA key terms (Hogan, 2017) <img src="img/hogan-article.jpg" width="320px" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> <div class="caption"> <p>Hogan, B. (2017). Online social networks: Concepts for data collection and analysis. In N. G. Fielding, R. M. Lee, & G. Blank (Eds.), <em>The SAGE handbook of online research methods</em> (2nd ed., pp. 241–258). London, UK: SAGE.</p> </div> --- class: inverse, center, middle #
<br><br> Quick Check In - How are you doing? - What questions remain? --- class: inverse, center, middle #
<br><br> Appendix: <br> Helpful Resources <br> and Troubleshooting --- # Resources **Beginners:** - [RStudio Beginners' Guide](https://education.rstudio.com/learn/beginner/) - Book: [*Data Science in Education Using R*](https://datascienceineducation.com) - See [Chapter 12](https://datascienceineducation.com/c12.html) - Walkthrough 6: Exploring Relationships Using Social Network Analysis With Social Media Data - [Physical copy of DSIEUR](https://www.routledge.com/Data-Science-in-Education-Using-R/Estrellado-Freer-Mostipak-Rosenberg-Velasquez/p/book/9780367422257) - [Even more resources from DSIEUR](https://datascienceineducation.com/c18.html) **Intermediates:** - [RStudio Intermediates' Guide](https://education.rstudio.com/learn/intermediate/) - [{tidytags} package notes](https://docs.ropensci.org/tidytags/index.html) - Book: [*R for Data Science*](http://r4ds.had.co.nz/) **Experts:** - [RStudio Experts' Guide](https://education.rstudio.com/learn/expert/) - Book: [*Learning Statistics with R*](https://learningstatisticswithr.com/) - [*Data Science in Education Using R*](https://datascienceineducation.com) - See [Chapter 20.3 Appendix C](https://datascienceineducation.com/c20.html#c20c) - Social Network Influence and Selection Models - SNA resources: [Dr. Ken Frank's website](https://sites.google.com/msu.edu/kenfrank/social-network-resources) --- # Troubleshooting - Try to find out what the specific problem is - Identify what is *not* causing the problem - "Unplug and plug it back in" - restart R; close and reopen R - Seek out workshops and other learning opportunities - Reach out to others! Sharing what is causing an issue can often help to clarify the problem - [RStudio Community forum](https://community.rstudio.com/) (highly recommended!) - Twitter hashtag: [#RStats](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RStats&src=typeahead_click&f=live) - [Contact Bret!](http://bretsw.com) - General strategies on learning more: [Chapter 17 of *Data Science in Education Using R*](https://datascienceineducation.com/c17.html) --- class: inverse, center, middle #
<br><br> *Next up* <br> Part 2: <br> Introduction to R [`Part 2 slide deck here`](2-intro-R.html)