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Week 2: Network representations
Content for the week of Monday, January 20, 2025
Tuesday
Assignment Due (on Monday):
- Homework 1
- Initial Reflection (on Brightspace)
- Reading Review (Due Monday at noon!)
Readings (before class):
- James M. Cook, What is a Social Network?
- James M. Cook, Individuals versus Networks
- (Optional/skim) Freeman, L. C. (2000). Visualizing social networks. Journal of social structure, 1(1), 4.
Lecture Video (before class):
- Network Data and Network Types Lecture [19:18]
- Slides
Concepts:
- Complex systems and networks
- Individual and collective behavior
Thursday
Class Schedule:
- Go through Parable of the Polygons by Nicky Case
- Start work on R Lab 1