What are social networks?

Network Analysis in R

James Curley

Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin

What are social networks?

Network Analysis in R

Network data: adjacency matrix

Network Analysis in R

Network data: edgelist

Network Analysis in R

The igraph R package

library(igraph)

g <- graph.edgelist(as.matrix(df), 
               directed = FALSE)

g
IGRAPH UN-- 7 7 -- 
+ attr: name (v/c)
+ edges (vertex names):
[1] A--B A--C A--D A--E A--F E--F F--G
Network Analysis in R
V(g)
+ 7/7 vertices, named:
[1] A B C D E F G
E(g)
+ 7/7 edges (vertex names):
[1] A--B A--C A--D A--E A--F E--F F--G
gorder(g)
[1] 7
gsize(g)
[1] 7
plot(g)

Network Analysis in R

Let's practice!

Network Analysis in R

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