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1 How can one analyze a social network?
By Ash Abbas · Aligarh Muslim University

Jairo Gutierrez · Auckland University of Technology

Check out this paper: "Experiments in Social Computation" by MIchael Kearns in Communications of the ACM, Oct/2012, page 56

Check out this paper: "Experiments in Social Computation" by MIchael Kearns in Communications of the ACM, Oct/2012, page 56

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5 I am looking for good scales to measure (1) feelings of social connectedness and (2) contentment. Does anyone know any I should look at?
By Douglas Gentile · Iowa State University

Victor Macgill ·

social capital literature might help

social capital literature might help

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3 Can anyone know good scales to measure individual level social capital ?
By Kaichiro Furutani · Hokkai-Gakuen University

Kami Vaniea · Michigan State University

You might also be interested in this paper on Facebook social capital that was just presented at CHI 2013. Favors from Facebook friends: Upacking di... [more]

You might also be interested in this paper on Facebook social capital that was just presented at CHI 2013. Favors from Facebook friends: Upacking dimensions of social capital Y. Jung, R. Gray, C. Lampe, N. Ellison, In proceedings of CHI 2013

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3 How can qualitative social influence be measured?
By Basit Shahzad · National University of Science and Technology

José Palazzo Moreira de Oliveira · Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

We have a paper on this subject: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230800058_Measuring_node_importance_on_Twitter_microblogging?ev=prf_pub

We have a paper on this subject: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230800058_Measuring_node_importance_on_Twitter_microblogging?ev=prf_pub

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3 How to act as a poster presenter at a conference?
By Elias Oziolor · Baylor University

José Palazzo Moreira de Oliveira · Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

For a poster presenter it is very important the training for a short presentation; do this with your colleagues before departing to the conference. Yo... [more]

For a poster presenter it is very important the training for a short presentation; do this with your colleagues before departing to the conference. You must be able to explain your research and poster in two minutes. The visitor will pursue many posters and you must get the attention in a very short time. If you got it the visitor may decide to ask some interesting questions. A personal card with you name, affiliation and e-mail is mandatory to be distributed.

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19 Is it appropriate to delete isolates before calculating density, closeness centrality and other measures?
By Michael Tsikerdekis · Masaryk University

Vladimir Gonzalez · Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

I have not much experience doing cross-validation, but I personally trust much more a bayesian approach than to frequentists. If you have time, you ca... [more]

I have not much experience doing cross-validation, but I personally trust much more a bayesian approach than to frequentists. If you have time, you can try both and compare results, that certainly will be interesting.

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New Anybody know any network analysis software to consider negative links? (Not only attraction, repulsion also)
There is a long list of tools on wikipedia but I don't know which could be better for this purpose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_analys... [more]

There is a long list of tools on wikipedia but I don't know which could be better for this purpose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_analysis_software).

By Federico Pablo-Martí · University of Alcalá

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4 Is there any scale available to measure Social Networking Potential?
By Ruturaj Baber · Aditya College

Roy El Hachem · University of Technology Sydney

There are a couple of articles that might be of interest: -Williams, D. (2006). "On and Off the ’Net: Scales for Social Capital in an Online Era." J... [more]

There are a couple of articles that might be of interest: -Williams, D. (2006). "On and Off the ’Net: Scales for Social Capital in an Online Era." Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 11(2): 593-628. -Ellison, N. B., et al. (2011). "Connection strategies: Social capital implications of Facebook-enabled communication practices." New Media & Society 13(6): 873-892.

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4 How do I analyse the network topology of graphs with small N?
By Giulia Berlusconi · Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Robert Ulanowicz · University of Florida

It matters whether you are dealing with binary webs or weighted digraphs. The latter are far more information-rich. An N=32 is actually considered of ... [more]

It matters whether you are dealing with binary webs or weighted digraphs. The latter are far more information-rich. An N=32 is actually considered of medium dimension among weighted digraphs. My experience is that there is a definite change in attributes at about N=13. I was pleasantly surprised lately to discover that Bersier and Sugihara independently observed such a tipping point some time ago! <http://www.pnas.org/content/94/4/1247.full> Good luck!, R. Ulanowicz

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1 Anyone interested in collaborating on brain research of online social networks?
By Valentin Riedl · University of Technology Munich

Eduard Stoica · Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

Dear Valentin Riedl, I think I can help in this research. Thank you.

Dear Valentin Riedl, I think I can help in this research. Thank you.

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Open Published in Personal Relationships, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2012.01418.x
Revised article published as Tie strength and family formation: Which personal relationships are influential? in: Personal Relationships, DOI: 10.1111... [more]

Revised article published as Tie strength and family formation: Which personal relationships are influential? in: Personal Relationships, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2012.01418.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-6811.2012.01418.x/abstract

Who is relevant? Exploring fertility relevant social networks × Sylvia Keim, Andreas Klärner, Laura Bernardi

By Andreas Klaerner · Universität Rostock

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4 Why social/societal factors are more influencial in determining health and wellbeing than individual factors?
By Abu Sadat Nurullah · University of Alberta

Christopher Michaud ·

Education

Education

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6 What are the best Cloud-Based Applications/technologies for Research Centers?
By Rami Muhtaseb · A.M. Qattan Foundation

Claudio Martines · Holsys Soc. Coop.

Try to use ubuntu one is a good solution, it is also compatible with Windows and can be used on Android and iOS

Try to use ubuntu one is a good solution, it is also compatible with Windows and can be used on Android and iOS

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22 Best scientific social networks
By Josh Fialkoff · ForwardJump Marketing

Rami Muhtaseb · A.M. Qattan Foundation

@Josh, I agree with you. I believe Facebook provides additional value that is not that powerful in other professional networks, which is keeping up to... [more]

@Josh, I agree with you. I believe Facebook provides additional value that is not that powerful in other professional networks, which is keeping up to date with science and technology news(ex. The Economist,IEEE,NASA pages on Facebook). I also co-admin science literacy page on Facebook and we find it very interesting and useful for research. Still, I believe that professional social networks provides a higher motivation for scientific community like the grading system and the level of discussions.

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Open Does anybody use Social Network Software to define Plant Communities?
I used multivariate analysis to define understory plant communities in Nothofagus forests, however, I think the results can be improved. I saw some re... [more]

I used multivariate analysis to define understory plant communities in Nothofagus forests, however, I think the results can be improved. I saw some results obtained using this kind of software, but, I am not able to find any papers related to this topic.

By Guillermo Martinez Pastur · National Council of Scientific and Technical Research

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4 Does posting facebook status updates increase or decrease loneliness? An online social networking experiment.
By Vivian Agopian · Notre Dame University

Ujhelyi Adrienn · Eötvös Loránd University

Http://spp.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/12/20/1948550612469233.abstract

Http://spp.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/12/20/1948550612469233.abstract

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2 How can social media technology stylistic approaches help minority male students accelerate their academic success in an urban community college?
By Honson Luma · Morgan State University

Luke Crocker · Classical Martial Arts Research Academy (CMARA)

I recommend "crowd sourcing" to just about anyone, so I would say that this is how one can utilize social media to improve this.

I recommend "crowd sourcing" to just about anyone, so I would say that this is how one can utilize social media to improve this.

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1 Can a person with high Social Network Potential (SNP) affect purchase decision of the buyer?
By Ruturaj Baber · Aditya College

Milan Tair · Singidunum University

He/she certainly can. It is no secret that "celebrities" can influence people to buy something. When "fans" see a celebrity wearing a brand of clothe... [more]

He/she certainly can. It is no secret that "celebrities" can influence people to buy something. When "fans" see a celebrity wearing a brand of clothes, or using a certain cellphone model etc. a number of them will buy it per trend. Social networks are no different. There are people who are influential and who have a bunch of fans and followers trailing them. When they post something, in a great number of cases they can sway a decision. The more popular (SNP +ed) you/he/she are/is the more influential every post/tweet or statement is, hence a portion of their followers could be swayed to buys something or NOT to buy something if the post or statement is against it. "Popular" and "fanned" Internet users generally have the benefit of being trusted (sometimes for no logical and apparent reason) more then any other Internet user (blogger, poster, etc.) and they can use that to their direct advantage, or someone else's advantage (if appropriately compensated for their "voice").

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1 "What people are talking about" - how can this be identified in Twitter?
By Basit Shahzad · National University of Science and Technology

Stephanie Hatch · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The best tool I have found for visualizing what a person tweets is Tweet Topic Explorer: http://tweettopicexplorer.neoformix.com

The best tool I have found for visualizing what a person tweets is Tweet Topic Explorer: http://tweettopicexplorer.neoformix.com

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Open How to download old tweets.
Can anyone help me find a tool that allows me to download the old tweets in the history of a user. I need to study the content of the tweets of 2011 f... [more]

Can anyone help me find a tool that allows me to download the old tweets in the history of a user. I need to study the content of the tweets of 2011 from a group of users who used a # hashtag.

By Oscar Tromben · ideaxxion

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Open What are the main psychological and social factors influencing car sharing system success?
Car sharing systems are facing some problems to achieve success, on several places; while few others seem to succeed. Why does it happens. What are th... [more]

Car sharing systems are facing some problems to achieve success, on several places; while few others seem to succeed. Why does it happens. What are the main factor that you think can explain success or insuccess of such systems? Any clues considering previous studies?

By Dalila Antunes ·

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17 Social Network Sites as a research tool? Thoughts and opinions please.
By Bisan Battrawi · A.M. Qattan Foundation

Jon Mason · Charles Darwin University

Bisan, this discussion also begs the question as to whether survey tools *within* Research Gate, Academia & other research-related social media would ... [more]

Bisan, this discussion also begs the question as to whether survey tools *within* Research Gate, Academia & other research-related social media would be a useful additional service. While there's plenty of choice with online survey tools it seems that many effective surveys could be conducted this way by tapping into a very natural constituency -- particularly if the data collected is also *open data*.

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1 Building acquaintances and networking to build a scientific career?
By David Aphkhazava · Dalhousie University

Rami Muhtaseb · A.M. Qattan Foundation

I think LinkedIn is one of the best options, where you can create/join groups on various topics (http://www.linkedin.com/directory/groups/) , Mendeley... [more]

I think LinkedIn is one of the best options, where you can create/join groups on various topics (http://www.linkedin.com/directory/groups/) , Mendeley is also considered as an academic social network and a reference manager (http://www.mendeley.com/).. you can also search in Google/Yahoo groups for email groups of your field of interest, and subscribe to receive and send updates https://groups.google.com

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2 How can I best explain how different methods will support each other and lead to valid findings – triangulation – in a research proposal?
By Leonard Makombe · Independent Researcher

Leonard Makombe · Independent Researcher

Thanks a lot Emily

Thanks a lot Emily

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Open What are the foreseeable future trends in avatar-based "virtual world" type social media, both game oriented and general metaverses?
Second Life was all the rage but now has become much less prominent. Habbo Hotel type metaverses seem to be thriving, as MMO games are also. Where are... [more]

Second Life was all the rage but now has become much less prominent. Habbo Hotel type metaverses seem to be thriving, as MMO games are also. Where are virtual worlds headed in next 3-5 years?

By Nikhilesh Dholakia · University of Rhode Island

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5 Is there any algorithm to find the most weighted path from a node until it gets exhausted in a directed graph?
By Ankit Gupta · Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology

Alejandro Fernández-Montes · Universidad de Sevilla

A* for pathfinding. You have to properly set both h and f functions to match your interests. We used this for WSN routing approach at https://www.rese... [more]

A* for pathfinding. You have to properly set both h and f functions to match your interests. We used this for WSN routing approach at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225161698_LECOMP_Low_Energy_COnsumption_Mesh_Protocol_in_WSN?ev=prf_pub Hope this could be useful for you. Best regards.

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3 What do you think about the new endorsement system?
By Dieter Weber · Carl Zeiss AG

Rens van der Heijden · Universität Ulm

Agreed. A particularly big problem is that it asks you to endorse people you're following (because they have interesting RG contributions), but whom y... [more]

Agreed. A particularly big problem is that it asks you to endorse people you're following (because they have interesting RG contributions), but whom you don't actually know. I've recieved endorsements from people that don't know me -- how did they check? Okay, they could theoretically have looked at my student publications, but it is still odd.

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Open Does your Univ. utilize Yammer? They just announced a 20 person layoff. I'm curious how it will affect/is affecting end users.
Yammer is a social network specifically for Universities & use in courses.

Yammer is a social network specifically for Universities & use in courses.

By Margie Arnett · Loma Linda University

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3 How to start the digitisation of cultural resources? Does it have any standard format? What will be the role of social networking?
By S M Shafi · University of Kashmir

S M Shafi · University of Kashmir

Xarrin B-Thank you for the information and will help to evolve a strategy

Xarrin B-Thank you for the information and will help to evolve a strategy

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2 How can I use Facebook to evaluate students' interaction more effectively?
By Zahra Moharrer · Putra University, Malaysia

Zahra Moharrer · Putra University, Malaysia

Hello. I would like to appreciate your clear precise answer to my question. I think it would be clearer to pinpoint the type of technology applied ... [more]

Hello. I would like to appreciate your clear precise answer to my question. I think it would be clearer to pinpoint the type of technology applied is interactive multimedia CD-ROM software. This is because of the context of the study has been at the stage of development and about a decade, technology has got a role in education. Now at the schooling level more research is necessary since computers have been utilized for 5 years. In fact, as I have to take learning styles and metacognitive reading strategy awareness of both groups of learners into account, and these can be evaluated through the quantitative methodology; therefore, content analysis will be a huge work if I want to employ it in my research as a qualitative approach. I thought of just having a type of quantitative assessment such as considering the number of likes & number of words in their comments to get an overall idea about their participation. What do you think? Do you or others have any ideas how to consider the Facebook participation into account in a quantitative approach? I thanks everybody in advance.

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