STANDARD NETWORK ANALYSIS REPORT

STANDARD NETWORK ANALYSIS REPORT

Input data: Sampson

Start time: Tue Oct 18 11:19:08 2011

Data Description

Calculates common social network measures on each selected input network.

Network test

Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count18.000
Column count18.000
Link count33.000
Density0.108
Components of 1 node (isolates)0
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity0.138
Characteristic path length-16777214.000
Clustering coefficient0.182
Network levels (diameter)2.000
Network fragmentation0.000
Krackhardt connectedness1.000
Krackhardt efficiency0.912
Krackhardt hierarchy0.845
Krackhardt upperboundedness0.640
Degree centralization0.121
Betweenness centralization-1.#IO
Closeness centralization0.000
Eigenvector centralization0.746
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (13% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality-0.0290.1180.0100.039
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]-1.0004.0000.3331.333
In-degree centrality-0.0590.2350.0100.074
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]-1.0004.0000.1671.258
Out-degree centrality0.0000.0590.0100.022
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0001.0000.1670.373
Eigenvector centrality-0.7260.6670.0040.333
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]-0.5130.4720.0030.236
Eigenvector centrality per component-0.5130.4720.0030.236
Closeness centrality-0.000-0.000-0.0000.000
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.0000.0000.000
In-Closeness centrality-0.0869570149208162304.0001063351084559047.1003007607319693205.500
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]-562949953421312.0000.005-62550063797591.109176918077629012.120
Betweenness centrality0.0001.#IO1.#IO-1.#IO
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.0001.#IO1.#IO-1.#IO
Hub centrality-0.5300.5300.0270.332
Authority centrality-0.7171.1280.0080.333
Information centrality0.0000.3330.0560.124
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0001.1800.1970.440
Clique membership count0.0006.0001.1671.537
Simmelian ties0.0000.0000.0000.000
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0000.0000.0000.000
Clustering coefficient0.0001.0000.1820.264

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: 18, density: 0.107843)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1John0.1184.0000.134
2Peter0.0592.000-0.670
3Elias0.0592.000-0.670
4Mark0.0291.000-1.073
5Ambrose0.0291.000-1.073
6Louis0.0291.000-1.073
7Albert0.0291.000-1.073

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

Mean: 0.010Mean in random network: 0.108
Std.dev: 0.039Std.dev in random network: 0.073

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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
1John0.2354.000
2Elias0.1182.000
3Peter0.0591.000
4Mark0.0591.000
5Albert0.0591.000

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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
1Peter0.0591.000
2Ambrose0.0591.000
3Louis0.0591.000

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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: 18, density: 0.107843)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1Bosco0.6670.4720.922
2Gregory0.3560.252-0.005
3Boniface0.3380.239-0.059
4Berthold0.2770.196-0.243
5John0.2540.180-0.310
6Amand0.2380.168-0.358
7Hugh0.2080.147-0.447
8Elias0.0920.065-0.794
9Albert0.0910.065-0.795
10Louis0.0620.044-0.884

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

Mean: 0.004Mean in random network: 0.358
Std.dev: 0.333Std.dev in random network: 0.335

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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
1Bosco0.472
2Gregory0.252
3Boniface0.239
4Berthold0.196
5John0.180
6Amand0.168
7Hugh0.147
8Elias0.065
9Albert0.065
10Louis0.044

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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: 18, density: 0.107843)

RankAgentValueContext*
1All nodes have this value-0.000

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

Mean: -0.000Mean in random network: 0.284
Std.dev: 0.000Std.dev in random network: 0.050

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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

RankAgentValue
1Bosco9570149208162304.000
2Basil9570149208162304.000
3Gregory5704253440.000
4Berthold5419041792.000
5John5133828096.000
6Peter4848614912.000
7Victor-0.056
8Ambrose-0.056
9Ramuald-0.056
10Louis-0.056

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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: 18, density: 0.107843)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1John1.#IO1.#IO1.#IO
2Bosco1.#IO1.#IO1.#IO
3Basil1.#IO1.#IO1.#IO
4Berthold1.#IO1.#IO1.#IO
5Elias0.0267.000-1.051
6Winfrid0.0154.000-1.197
7Albert0.0113.000-1.246

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

Mean: 1.#IOMean in random network: 0.105
Std.dev: -1.#IOStd.dev in random network: 0.075

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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
1Berthold0.530
2Boniface0.530
3Bosco0.443
4Gregory0.443
5Amand0.443
6Hugh0.224
7Louis0.119
8John0.042
9Elias0.029
10Albert-0.022

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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
1Basil1.128
2Mark0.094
3Elias0.071
4Peter0.064
5Winfrid0.064
6Berthold0.012

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1Peter0.3331.180
2Ambrose0.3331.180
3Louis0.3331.180

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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
1Bosco6.000
2Basil4.000
3Berthold2.000
4Mark2.000
5John1.000
6Gregory1.000
7Bonaventure1.000
8Ramuald1.000
9Winfrid1.000
10Hugh1.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): test

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1All nodes have this value0.000

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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
1Boniface1.000
2Berthold0.500
3Ramuald0.500
4Hugh0.500
5Bonaventure0.167
6Winfrid0.167
7Mark0.150
8Bosco0.107
9Gregory0.083
10Basil0.056

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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
1JohnJohnBoscoBoscoJohnBoscoPeterJohn
2BoscoBoscoGregoryGregoryEliasBasilAmbrosePeter
3BasilGregoryBonifaceBonifacePeterGregoryLouisElias
4BertholdBasilBertholdBertholdMarkBertholdJohnMark
5EliasPeterJohnJohnAlbertJohnBoscoAmbrose
6WinfridBonaventureAmandAmandVictorPeterGregoryLouis
7AlbertBertholdHughHughAmbroseVictorBasilAlbert
8GregoryMarkEliasEliasRamualdAmbroseBonaventureVictor
9PeterVictorAlbertAlbertLouisRamualdBertholdRamuald
10BonaventureAmbroseLouisLouisAmandLouisMarkAmand

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