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Answer added to:1 How can one analyze a social network?Check out this paper: "Experiments in Social Computation" by MIchael Kearns in Communications of the ACM, Oct/2012, page 56
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Answer added to: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?social capital literature might help
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Answer added to:3 Can anyone know good scales to measure individual level social capital ?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]
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Answer added to:3 How can qualitative social influence be measured?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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Answer added to:3 How to act as a poster presenter at a conference?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]
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Answer added to:19 Is it appropriate to delete isolates before calculating density, closeness centrality and other measures?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]
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Question: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]
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Answer added to:4 Is there any scale available to measure Social Networking Potential?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]
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Answer added to:4 How do I analyse the network topology of graphs with small N?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]
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Answer added to:1 Anyone interested in collaborating on brain research of online social networks?Dear Valentin Riedl, I think I can help in this research. Thank you.
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Question:Open Published in Personal Relationships, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2012.01418.xRevised article published as Tie strength and family formation: Which personal relationships are influential? in: Personal Relationships, DOI: 10.1111... [more]
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Answer added to:4 Why social/societal factors are more influencial in determining health and wellbeing than individual factors?Education
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Answer added to:6 What are the best Cloud-Based Applications/technologies for Research Centers?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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Answer added to:22 Best scientific social networks@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]
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Question: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]
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Answer added to:4 Does posting facebook status updates increase or decrease loneliness? An online social networking experiment.Http://spp.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/12/20/1948550612469233.abstract
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Answer added to:2 How can social media technology stylistic approaches help minority male students accelerate their academic success in an urban community college?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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Answer added to:1 Can a person with high Social Network Potential (SNP) affect purchase decision of the buyer?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]
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Answer added to:1 "What people are talking about" - how can this be identified in Twitter?The best tool I have found for visualizing what a person tweets is Tweet Topic Explorer: http://tweettopicexplorer.neoformix.com
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Question: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]
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Question: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]
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Answer added to:17 Social Network Sites as a research tool? Thoughts and opinions please.Bisan, this discussion also begs the question as to whether survey tools *within* Research Gate, Academia & other research-related social media would ... [more]
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Answer added to:1 Building acquaintances and networking to build a scientific career?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]
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Answer added to:2 How can I best explain how different methods will support each other and lead to valid findings – triangulation – in a research proposal?Thanks a lot Emily
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Question: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]
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Answer added to:5 Is there any algorithm to find the most weighted path from a node until it gets exhausted in a directed graph?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]
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Answer added to:3 What do you think about the new endorsement system?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]
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Question: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.
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Answer added to:3 How to start the digitisation of cultural resources? Does it have any standard format? What will be the role of social networking?Xarrin B-Thank you for the information and will help to evolve a strategy
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Answer added to:2 How can I use Facebook to evaluate students' interaction more effectively?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]