Deck 8: Network Analysis

Question 1

In which network format are the rows and columns the same units of analysis (e.g., people)?

A) Co-appearance network format
B) Nodes and edges format
C) Binary relationship network format
D) None of the above

Answer 1

C
Similarity matrix format would also fit this description.

Question 2

Which network format commonly require two data frames, not one

A) Co-appearance network format
B) Nodes and edges format
C) Binary relationship network format
D) Similarity matrix format

Answer 2

B
There are usually separate data frames for nodes and for edges.

Question 3

In Chapter 8, which network format was used for the study of gender roles of Marvel comic book heroes?

A) Co-appearance network format
B) Nodes and edges format
C) Binary relationship network format
D) Similarity matrix format

Answer 3

A
If Smith and Jones both serve on the same board, then their names would appear in the two columns for a row. In directed networks one also has a third column representing a weighting factor in which numbers below 1.0 reflect opposing direction of the two people in a paired co-appearance.

Question 4

Which of the following could be nodes in a network?

A) Liking
B) Voting for
C) Co-appearing with
D) Agencies

Question 5

Relationships between nodes in a network are most often called….

A) Edges
B) Arrows
C) Lines
D) Segments

Question 6

Which is a leading package in R for the visualization of networks?

A) reticulate
B) lattice
C) web
D) igraph

Question 7

A network in which relationships are one-way is a/an ___________ network.

A) Undirected
B) Directed
C) Could be either A or B
D) Neither A nor B are correct terms in this context

Question 8

The number of direct relationships a given node has in an undirected network or serves as a "to" node in a directional network is a measure called….

A) Eigencentrality
B) Closeness centrality
C) Degree centrality
D) Betweenness centrality

Question 9

Which type of centrality metric reflects the number of extended as well as direct network relationships?

A) Eigencentrality
B) Closeness centrality
C) Degree centrality
D) Betweenness centrality

Question 10

Which package(s) discussed in Chapter 8 use cluster analysis to identify "communities" of nodes within a network?

A) igraph
B) linkcomm
C) tidygraph
D) All of the above

Question 11

The name of the R package which focuses on network data management and the conversion of data among different network package formats is the ____________________ package.

Question 12

The breakdown of networks into "neighborhoods" is supported by which of the following?

A) igraph
B) network
C) sna
D) tidygraph

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a package for construction of agent-based models?

A) agentnet
B) RSiena
C) NetLogoR
D) SchellingR

Question 14

Which two packages were used in Chapter 8 to create a network superimposed on a map, illustrating international migration? _____________________ and _______________________ .