STANDARD NETWORK ANALYSIS REPORT

STANDARD NETWORK ANALYSIS REPORT

Input data: prison

Start time: Tue Oct 18 11:12:40 2011

Data Description

Calculates common social network measures on each selected input network.

Network

Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count67.000
Column count67.000
Link count182.000
Density0.041
Components of 1 node (isolates)0
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity0.282
Characteristic path length4.631
Clustering coefficient0.218
Network levels (diameter)11.000
Network fragmentation0.000
Krackhardt connectedness1.000
Krackhardt efficiency0.965
Krackhardt hierarchy0.603
Krackhardt upperboundedness0.907
Degree centralization0.059
Betweenness centralization0.175
Closeness centralization0.026
Eigenvector centralization0.356
Reciprocal (symmetric)?No (28% of the links are reciprocal)

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0080.0980.0410.021
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]1.00013.0005.4332.711
In-degree centrality0.0000.1210.0410.030
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0008.0002.7162.006
Out-degree centrality0.0000.1210.0410.022
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0008.0002.7161.464
Eigenvector centrality0.0060.4820.1370.106
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0040.3410.0970.075
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0040.3410.0970.075
Closeness centrality0.0150.0530.0400.012
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.0010.0010.000
In-Closeness centrality0.0150.1380.0540.029
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.0020.0010.000
Betweenness centrality0.0000.2060.0340.048
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.000883.229143.896205.907
Hub centrality0.0000.4550.1290.115
Authority centrality0.0000.6530.1140.130
Information centrality0.0000.0240.0150.006
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0001.2330.7790.298
Clique membership count0.0005.0001.3281.320
Simmelian ties0.0000.0610.0060.014
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0004.0000.3880.914
Clustering coefficient0.0001.0000.2180.251

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: agent x agent (size: 67, density: 0.0411578)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
180.09813.0002.362
2370.09112.0002.050
3520.08311.0001.738
4550.08311.0001.738
5560.08311.0001.738
6300.07610.0001.426
7410.07610.0001.426
8160.0689.0001.113
9120.0618.0000.801
10210.0618.0000.801

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

Mean: 0.041Mean in random network: 0.041
Std.dev: 0.021Std.dev in random network: 0.024

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1520.1218.000
2160.1067.000
3550.1067.000
4560.1067.000
5210.0916.000
6370.0916.000
7470.0916.000
8480.0916.000
980.0765.000
10300.0765.000

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
180.1218.000
2370.0916.000
3300.0765.000
4410.0765.000
5540.0765.000
6620.0765.000
7630.0765.000
8120.0614.000
9180.0614.000
10310.0614.000

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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: agent x agent (size: 67, density: 0.0411578)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1520.4820.341-0.659
2370.4570.323-0.759
3410.3620.256-1.135
4300.3600.255-1.141
5550.3020.213-1.371
6450.2890.204-1.422
7210.2650.187-1.517
8230.2580.182-1.543
9240.2580.182-1.543
10480.2570.181-1.548

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

Mean: 0.137Mean in random network: 0.650
Std.dev: 0.106Std.dev in random network: 0.254

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
1520.341
2370.323
3410.256
4300.255
5550.213
6450.204
7210.187
8230.182
9240.182
10480.181

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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: agent x agent (size: 67, density: 0.0411578)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1440.0530.001-1.587
2380.0510.001-1.655
3620.0510.001-1.661
4590.0510.001-1.670
5660.0500.001-1.695
6600.0490.001-1.723
7270.0480.001-1.738
8100.0480.001-1.760
9140.0480.001-1.763
10630.0480.001-1.763

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

Mean: 0.040Mean in random network: 0.101
Std.dev: 0.012Std.dev in random network: 0.030

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1570.1380.002
270.1340.002
3400.1320.002
490.0950.001
540.0930.001
650.0930.001
760.0880.001
8520.0690.001
9300.0690.001
10550.0690.001

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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: agent x agent (size: 67, density: 0.0411578)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1300.206883.2290.888
2520.178762.0460.739
380.146627.0500.572
4330.144617.8640.561
5370.144615.6920.558
6550.142609.8340.551
7320.134576.3830.509
8410.087371.2160.256
9160.086368.6670.253
10480.083355.8210.237

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

Mean: 0.034Mean in random network: 0.038
Std.dev: 0.048Std.dev in random network: 0.189

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
1410.455
2370.441
3550.409
4630.388
5230.312
6240.285
7490.285
8300.280
9450.267
10610.267

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
1520.653
2560.506
3210.388
4370.375
5550.309
6160.298
7480.288
8640.283
9240.274
10490.265

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
180.0241.233
2630.0221.158
3370.0221.154
4620.0221.141
5410.0221.135
6300.0221.127
7310.0211.096
8450.0211.088
9610.0211.084
10180.0201.048

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
1305.000
2375.000
3525.000
454.000
584.000
6414.000
743.000
8213.000
9563.000
1032.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): agent x agent

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1560.0614.000
2490.0453.000
3640.0453.000
4220.0302.000
5280.0302.000
6300.0302.000
7370.0302.000
8470.0302.000
9480.0302.000
10540.0302.000

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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): agent x agent

RankAgentValue
111.000
2221.000
3360.833
4310.750
5640.750
6170.667
7390.667
8150.583
9230.500
10420.500

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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
130445252525788
2523837371673737
3862414155403052
4335930305694155
5376655552145456
6556045453756230
7322721214766341
84110232348521216
9161424248301812
104863484830553121

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