Written at an introductory level, and featuring engaging case examples, this book reviews
the theory and practice of personal and egocentric network research. This approach offers …

Most personal (egocentric) network studies describe networks using measures that are not
structural, opting instead for attribute-based analyses that summarize the relationships of the …

Egocentric network analysis is used widely across the social sciences, especially in
anthropology, political science, economics, and sociology, and is increasingly being …

This study (1) tested the effectiveness of a new survey tool to collect ego-centered network
data and (2) assessed the impact of giving people feedback about their network on …

Surveys and questionnaires are widely used to assemble data on connections among
persons or other social actors. Such methods have a long heritage: researchers used them …

There is considerable disagreement about the best personal network name generator to
employ when only a single question is practical. One general approach is to ask the …

Studies of active personal networks have primarily focused on providing reliable estimates
of the size of the network. In this study, we examine how compositional properties of the …

The paper systematizes the role of qualitative methods, statistical analyses, and formal
network analysis in sociological network research, and argues for their systematic …

The science of social work can be augmented by active engagement in social network
analysis. We provide an overview of both egocentric analysis (also referred to as personal …

The debate on the limits and relevance of the different name generators comes with the
development of social network studies. The core questions are: What are they supposed to …