Doing social network research : network based research design for social scientists The difference with social network research Fundamental network concepts and ideas Thinking about networks: Research quesstions and study design Social systems and data structures: Relational ties and actor attributes Network observation and measurment The empirical context of network data collection Ethical issues for social network research Network visualization: What it can and cannot do A review of social network analytic methods Drawing conclusions: Inference generalization causality and other weighty matters With straightforward guidance on research design and data collection as well as social network analysis this book takes you start to finish through the whole process of doing network research. Back cover