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# Define a set of people who you consider to be your "family."  
# Define a set of people who you consider to be your "family."  
# Describe your family using an individual-level approach (e.g., # of adults and children, locations, etc.)
# Describe your family using an individual-level approach (e.g., # of adults and children, locations, etc.). The easiest way to do this is probably as a table. E.g., the start of the table of my family might look like this. Be creative in the variables that you measure. :)
# Describe your family by drawing a social network graph, by writing out a social network edge list, and by creating a social network matrix.
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
! Name
! Age
! Gender
! Hair color<br />
|-
| Rebecca
| 11
| F
| Blond
|-
| William
| 9
| M
| Brown
|-
| Owen
| 6
| M
| Blond
|}
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<li value='3'>Describe your family in each of the following ways:</li>
#* drawing a social network graph
#* writing out a social network edge list
#* creating a social network matrix.
</ol>
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Latest revision as of 19:57, 30 August 2021

Before starting, read through Individuals versus Networks by James Cook. This will help you to finish the assignment.

  1. Define a set of people who you consider to be your "family."
  2. Describe your family using an individual-level approach (e.g., # of adults and children, locations, etc.). The easiest way to do this is probably as a table. E.g., the start of the table of my family might look like this. Be creative in the variables that you measure. :)
Name Age Gender Hair color
Rebecca 11 F Blond
William 9 M Brown
Owen 6 M Blond
  1. Describe your family in each of the following ways:
      • drawing a social network graph
      • writing out a social network edge list
      • creating a social network matrix.

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