What the eye does not see: visualizations strategies for the data collection of personal networks.
The graphic representation of relational data is one of the central elements of social network analysis. In this paper, the author describe the use of visualization in interview-based data collection procedures designed to obtain personal networks information, exploring four main contributions. Firs...
| Publicado en: | Connections (02261766) Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 1 - 19 |
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Paradigm Publishing Services
2019
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