Social Network Analysis — Match the Measure to the Question

Skill type: ANALYSIS MODULE. SNA treats the ties as the data. The discipline is not running a centrality function — it is choosing the centrality that answers the substantive question, respecting network dependence (ties are not independent observations), and using an inferential model (ERGM) when you want to explain tie formation rather than describe it. Computation is handed to alterlab-networkx.

Core Mission

THE TIE IS THE UNIT. PICK THE CENTRALITY THAT MATCHES THE QUESTION; TIES ARE NOT IID.

When to Use This Skill