STANDARD NETWORK ANALYSIS REPORT

STANDARD NETWORK ANALYSIS REPORT

Input data: Galesburg

Start time: Mon Oct 17 13:38:57 2011

Data Description

Calculates common social network measures on each selected input network.

Network test

Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count17.000
Column count17.000
Link count27.000
Density0.199
Components of 1 node (isolates)1
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity1.000
Characteristic path length2.225
Clustering coefficient0.358
Network levels (diameter)4.000
Network fragmentation0.118
Krackhardt connectedness0.882
Krackhardt efficiency0.886
Krackhardt hierarchy0.000
Krackhardt upperboundedness1.000
Degree centralization0.271
Betweenness centralization0.303
Closeness centralization0.185
Eigenvector centralization0.344
Reciprocal (symmetric)?Yes

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0000.4380.1990.129
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0007.0003.1762.065
In-degree centrality0.0000.4380.1990.129
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0007.0003.1762.065
Out-degree centrality0.0000.4380.1990.129
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0007.0003.1762.065
Eigenvector centrality0.0000.5930.2890.185
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.4190.2040.131
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0000.3940.1920.123
Closeness centrality0.0590.3900.3060.071
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0040.0240.0190.004
In-Closeness centrality0.0590.3900.3060.071
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0040.0240.0190.004
Betweenness centrality0.0000.3570.0720.106
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.00042.8338.64712.761
Hub centrality0.0000.5930.2890.185
Authority centrality0.0000.5930.2890.185
Information centrality0.0000.0870.0590.022
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0001.4170.9630.365
Clique membership count0.0005.0001.7651.628
Simmelian ties0.0000.3130.1470.113
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0005.0002.3531.813
Clustering coefficient0.0001.0000.3580.351

Key Nodes

This chart shows the Agent that is repeatedly top-ranked in the measures listed below. The value shown is the percentage of measures for which the Agent was ranked in the top three.

Total degree centrality

The Total Degree Centrality of a node is the normalized sum of its row and column degrees. Individuals or organizations who are "in the know" are those who are linked to many others and so, by virtue of their position have access to the ideas, thoughts, beliefs of many others. Individuals who are "in the know" are identified by degree centrality in the relevant social network. Those who are ranked high on this metrics have more connections to others in the same network. The scientific name of this measure is total degree centrality and it is calculated on the agent by agent matrices.

Input network: test (size: 17, density: 0.198529)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1v50.4387.0002.470
2v60.3756.0001.824
3v110.3756.0001.824
4v30.3135.0001.178
5v180.3135.0001.178
6v70.2504.0000.532
7v140.2504.0000.532
8v150.2504.0000.532
9v130.1883.000-0.114
10v80.1252.000-0.760

* Number of standard deviations from the mean of a random network of the same size and density

Mean: 0.199Mean in random network: 0.199
Std.dev: 0.129Std.dev in random network: 0.097

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In-degree centrality

The In Degree Centrality of a node is its normalized in-degree. For any node, e.g. an individual or a resource, the in-links are the connections that the node of interest receives from other nodes. For example, imagine an agent by knowledge matrix then the number of in-links a piece of knowledge has is the number of agents that are connected to. The scientific name of this measure is in-degree and it is calculated on the agent by agent matrices.

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1v50.4387.000
2v60.3756.000
3v110.3756.000
4v30.3135.000
5v180.3135.000
6v70.2504.000
7v140.2504.000
8v150.2504.000
9v130.1883.000
10v80.1252.000

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Out-degree centrality

For any node, e.g. an individual or a resource, the out-links are the connections that the node of interest sends to other nodes. For example, imagine an agent by knowledge matrix then the number of out-links an agent would have is the number of pieces of knowledge it is connected to. The scientific name of this measure is out-degree and it is calculated on the agent by agent matrices. Individuals or organizations who are high in most knowledge have more expertise or are associated with more types of knowledge than are others. If no sub-network connecting agents to knowledge exists, then this measure will not be calculated. The scientific name of this measure is out degree centrality and it is calculated on agent by knowledge matrices. Individuals or organizations who are high in "most resources" have more resources or are associated with more types of resources than are others. If no sub-network connecting agents to resources exists, then this measure will not be calculated. The scientific name of this measure is out degree centrality and it is calculated on agent by resource matrices.

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1v50.4387.000
2v60.3756.000
3v110.3756.000
4v30.3135.000
5v180.3135.000
6v70.2504.000
7v140.2504.000
8v150.2504.000
9v130.1883.000
10v80.1252.000

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Eigenvector centrality

Calculates the principal eigenvector of the network. A node is central to the extent that its neighbors are central. Leaders of strong cliques are individuals who or organizations who are collected to others that are themselves highly connected to each other. In other words, if you have a clique then the individual most connected to others in the clique and other cliques, is the leader of the clique. Individuals or organizations who are connected to many otherwise isolated individuals or organizations will have a much lower score in this measure then those that are connected to groups that have many connections themselves. The scientific name of this measure is eigenvector centrality and it is calculated on agent by agent matrices.

Input network: test (size: 17, density: 0.198529)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1v50.5930.4190.437
2v60.5740.4060.376
3v30.5160.3650.193
4v150.4800.3400.079
5v70.4600.3250.014
6v140.4170.295-0.125
7v110.3280.232-0.407
8v130.3250.230-0.419
9v180.2910.206-0.527
10v80.2310.163-0.718

* Number of standard deviations from the mean of a random network of the same size and density

Mean: 0.289Mean in random network: 0.456
Std.dev: 0.185Std.dev in random network: 0.313

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Eigenvector centrality per component

Calculates the principal eigenvector of the network. A node is central to the extent that its neighbors are central. Each component is extracted as a separate network, Eigenvector Centrality is computed on it and scaled according to the component size. The scores are then combined into a single result vector.

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValue
1v50.394
2v60.382
3v30.344
4v150.320
5v70.306
6v140.277
7v110.219
8v130.216
9v180.194
10v80.154

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Closeness centrality

The average closeness of a node to the other nodes in a network (also called out-closeness). Loosely, Closeness is the inverse of the average distance in the network from the node to all other nodes.

Input network: test (size: 17, density: 0.198529)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1v50.3900.024-0.593
2v70.3640.023-1.049
3v180.3640.023-1.049
4v60.3560.022-1.188
5v110.3480.022-1.321
6v130.3400.021-1.448
7v30.3270.020-1.686
8v150.3270.020-1.686
9v140.3200.020-1.799
10v80.3020.019-2.110

* Number of standard deviations from the mean of a random network of the same size and density

Mean: 0.306Mean in random network: 0.425
Std.dev: 0.071Std.dev in random network: 0.058

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In-Closeness centrality

The average closeness of a node from the other nodes in a network. Loosely, Closeness is the inverse of the average distance in the network to the node and from all other nodes.

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1v50.3900.024
2v70.3640.023
3v180.3640.023
4v60.3560.022
5v110.3480.022
6v130.3400.021
7v30.3270.020
8v150.3270.020
9v140.3200.020
10v80.3020.019

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Betweenness centrality

The Betweenness Centrality of node v in a network is defined as: across all node pairs that have a shortest path containing v, the percentage that pass through v. Individuals or organizations that are potentially influential are positioned to broker connections between groups and to bring to bear the influence of one group on another or serve as a gatekeeper between groups. This agent occurs on many of the shortest paths between other agents. The scientific name of this measure is betweenness centrality and it is calculated on agent by agent matrices.

Input network: test (size: 17, density: 0.198529)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1v50.35742.8334.603
2v180.24729.6672.719
3v110.22627.1672.362
4v60.16019.1671.217
5v70.09611.5000.120
6v130.0576.833-0.548
7v30.0465.500-0.738
8v140.0242.833-1.120
9v150.0131.500-1.311

* Number of standard deviations from the mean of a random network of the same size and density

Mean: 0.072Mean in random network: 0.089
Std.dev: 0.106Std.dev in random network: 0.058

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Hub centrality

A node is hub-central to the extent that its out-links are to nodes that have many in-links. Individuals or organizations that act as hubs are sending information to a wide range of others each of whom has many others reporting to them. Technically, an agent is hub-central if its out-links are to agents that have many other agents sending links to them. The scientific name of this measure is hub centrality and it is calculated on agent by agent matrices.

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValue
1v50.593
2v60.574
3v30.516
4v150.480
5v70.460
6v140.417
7v110.328
8v130.325
9v180.291
10v80.231

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Authority centrality

A node is authority-central to the extent that its in-links are from nodes that have many out-links. Individuals or organizations that act as authorities are receiving information from a wide range of others each of whom sends information to a large number of others. Technically, an agent is authority-central if its in-links are from agents that have are sending links to many others. The scientific name of this measure is authority centrality and it is calculated on agent by agent matrices.

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValue
1v50.593
2v60.574
3v30.516
4v150.480
5v70.460
6v140.417
7v110.328
8v130.325
9v180.291
10v80.231

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Information centrality

Calculate the Stephenson and Zelen information centrality measure for each node.

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1v50.0871.417
2v60.0811.326
3v110.0801.309
4v30.0781.272
5v70.0781.271
6v180.0741.212
7v150.0721.186
8v140.0701.149
9v130.0691.133
10v80.0540.885

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Clique membership count

The number of distinct cliques to which each node belongs. Individuals or organizations who are high in number of cliques are those that belong to a large number of distinct cliques. A clique is defined as a group of three or more actors that have many connections to each other and relatively fewer connections to those in other groups. The scientific name of this measure is clique count and it is calculated on the agent by agent matrices.

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValue
1v65.000
2v34.000
3v54.000
4v154.000
5v143.000
6v72.000
7v112.000
8v182.000
9v81.000
10v121.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1v30.3135.000
2v50.3135.000
3v60.3135.000
4v140.2504.000
5v150.2504.000
6v70.1883.000
7v110.1883.000
8v180.1883.000
9v80.1252.000
10v120.1252.000

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Clustering coefficient

Measures the degree of clustering in a network by averaging the clustering coefficient of each node, which is defined as the density of the node's ego network.

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValue
1v81.000
2v121.000
3v161.000
4v150.667
5v140.500
6v30.400
7v60.333
8v70.333
9v130.333
10v180.200

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Key Nodes Table

This shows the top scoring nodes side-by-side for selected measures.

RankBetweenness centralityCloseness centralityEigenvector centralityEigenvector centrality per componentIn-degree centralityIn-Closeness centralityOut-degree centralityTotal degree centrality
1v5v5v5v5v5v5v5v5
2v18v7v6v6v6v7v6v6
3v11v18v3v3v11v18v11v11
4v6v6v15v15v3v6v3v3
5v7v11v7v7v18v11v18v18
6v13v13v14v14v7v13v7v7
7v3v3v11v11v14v3v14v14
8v14v15v13v13v15v15v15v15
9v15v14v18v18v13v14v13v13
10v1v8v8v8v8v8v8v8

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