Standard Network Analysis: RDNEG

Standard Network Analysis: RDNEG

Input data: RDNEG

Start time: Tue Oct 18 12:12:47 2011

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Network Level Measures

MeasureValue
Row count14.000
Column count14.000
Link count19.000
Density0.209
Components of 1 node (isolates)2
Components of 2 nodes (dyadic isolates)0
Components of 3 or more nodes1
Reciprocity1.000
Characteristic path length1.864
Clustering coefficient0.185
Network levels (diameter)3.000
Network fragmentation0.275
Krackhardt connectedness0.725
Krackhardt efficiency0.855
Krackhardt hierarchy0.000
Krackhardt upperboundedness1.000
Degree centralization0.474
Betweenness centralization0.344
Closeness centralization0.153
Eigenvector centralization0.436
Reciprocal (symmetric)?Yes

Node Level Measures

MeasureMinMaxAvgStddev
Total degree centrality0.0000.6150.2090.180
Total degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0008.0002.7142.343
In-degree centrality0.0000.6150.2090.180
In-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0008.0002.7142.343
Out-degree centrality0.0000.6150.2090.180
Out-degree centrality [Unscaled]0.0008.0002.7142.343
Eigenvector centrality0.0000.6860.3120.213
Eigenvector centrality [Unscaled]0.0000.4850.2210.151
Eigenvector centrality per component0.0000.4160.1890.129
Closeness centrality0.0710.3100.2410.072
Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0050.0240.0190.006
In-Closeness centrality0.0710.3100.2410.072
In-Closeness centrality [Unscaled]0.0050.0240.0190.006
Betweenness centrality0.0000.3720.0520.107
Betweenness centrality [Unscaled]0.00029.0004.0718.334
Hub centrality0.0000.6860.3120.213
Authority centrality0.0000.6860.3120.213
Information centrality0.0000.1260.0710.038
Information centrality [Unscaled]0.0001.7500.9960.529
Clique membership count0.0003.0000.7141.030
Simmelian ties0.0000.3850.1100.142
Simmelian ties [Unscaled]0.0005.0001.4291.841
Clustering coefficient0.0001.0000.1850.278

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: RDNEG (size: 14, density: 0.208791)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1W50.6158.0003.743
2I30.5387.0003.035
3W20.3084.0000.910
4W70.3084.0000.910
5W60.2313.0000.202
6W80.2313.0000.202
7W90.2313.0000.202
8I10.1542.000-0.506
9W40.0771.000-1.214
10S10.0771.000-1.214

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

Mean: 0.209Mean in random network: 0.209
Std.dev: 0.180Std.dev in random network: 0.109

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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): RDNEG

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1W50.6158.000
2I30.5387.000
3W20.3084.000
4W70.3084.000
5W60.2313.000
6W80.2313.000
7W90.2313.000
8I10.1542.000
9W40.0771.000
10S10.0771.000

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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): RDNEG

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1W50.6158.000
2I30.5387.000
3W20.3084.000
4W70.3084.000
5W60.2313.000
6W80.2313.000
7W90.2313.000
8I10.1542.000
9W40.0771.000
10S10.0771.000

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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: RDNEG (size: 14, density: 0.208791)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1W50.6860.4850.744
2I30.6700.4740.696
3W70.5090.3600.191
4W60.4390.310-0.029
5W80.4060.287-0.133
6W90.4060.287-0.133
7W20.3680.261-0.250
8I10.2440.173-0.638
9W40.1610.114-0.898
10S10.1610.114-0.898

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

Mean: 0.312Mean in random network: 0.448
Std.dev: 0.213Std.dev in random network: 0.319

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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): RDNEG

RankAgentValue
1W50.416
2I30.406
3W70.309
4W60.266
5W80.246
6W90.246
7W20.223
8I10.148
9W40.098
10S10.098

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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: RDNEG (size: 14, density: 0.208791)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1W50.3100.024-1.940
2I30.3020.023-2.053
3W70.2830.022-2.363
4W60.2770.021-2.458
5W80.2770.021-2.458
6W90.2770.021-2.458
7W20.2600.020-2.718
8I10.2550.020-2.799
9W40.2500.019-2.876
10S10.2500.019-2.876

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

Mean: 0.241Mean in random network: 0.433
Std.dev: 0.072Std.dev in random network: 0.064

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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): RDNEG

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1W50.3100.024
2I30.3020.023
3W70.2830.022
4W60.2770.021
5W80.2770.021
6W90.2770.021
7W20.2600.020
8I10.2550.020
9W40.2500.019
10S10.2500.019

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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: RDNEG (size: 14, density: 0.208791)

RankAgentValueUnscaledContext*
1W50.37229.0003.896
2I30.23718.5001.926
3W70.0362.833-1.014
4W20.0322.500-1.077
5W80.0241.833-1.202
6W90.0241.833-1.202
7I10.0060.500-1.452

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

Mean: 0.052Mean in random network: 0.106
Std.dev: 0.107Std.dev in random network: 0.068

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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): RDNEG

RankAgentValue
1W50.686
2I30.670
3W70.509
4W60.439
5W80.406
6W90.406
7W20.368
8I10.244
9W40.161
10S10.161

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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): RDNEG

RankAgentValue
1W50.686
2I30.670
3W70.509
4W60.439
5W80.406
6W90.406
7W20.368
8I10.244
9W40.161
10S10.161

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Information centrality

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

Input network(s): RDNEG

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1W50.1261.750
2I30.1201.671
3W70.1021.426
4W20.0971.359
5W80.0931.296
6W90.0931.296
7W60.0921.281
8I10.0741.028
9S10.0510.712
10S20.0510.712

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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): RDNEG

RankAgentValue
1I33.000
2W53.000
3W61.000
4W71.000
5W81.000
6W91.000

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Simmelian ties

The normalized number of Simmelian ties of each node.

Input network(s): RDNEG

RankAgentValueUnscaled
1I30.3855.000
2W50.3855.000
3W60.2313.000
4W70.2313.000
5W80.1542.000
6W90.1542.000

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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): RDNEG

RankAgentValue
1W61.000
2W70.500
3W80.333
4W90.333
5I30.238
6W50.179

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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
1W5W5W5W5W5W5W5W5
2I3I3I3I3I3I3I3I3
3W7W7W7W7W2W7W2W2
4W2W6W6W6W7W6W7W7
5W8W8W8W8W6W8W6W6
6W9W9W9W9W8W9W8W8
7I1W2W2W2W9W2W9W9
8W1I1I1I1I1I1I1I1
9W3W4W4W4W4W4W4W4
10W4S1S1S1S1S1S1S1