Concept 10: Feld’s Friendship Paradox and Why Your Friends Have More Friends This is the 10th post in a series. If you’re not familiar with how to read network graphs, you might prefer to start with Concept 1 or Concept 2.The friendship paradox was…
Concept 11: Lerman’s Majority Illusion and How it Distorts Our Perception This is the 11th post in a series. If you’re not familiar with how to read network graphs, you might prefer to start with Concept 1 or Concept 2.This concept is directly…
Concept 9: Scale Free Networks and Preferential Attachment This is the 9th post in a series. If you’re not familiar with how to read network graphs, you might prefer to start with Concept 1 or Concept 2.This is one of…
Concept 8: Metcalfe’s Law and Network Effects This is the 8th post in a series. If you’re not familiar with how to read network graphs, you might prefer to start with Concept 1 or Concept 2.Network effects are a…
Concept 7: Kevin Bacon and Six Degrees of Separation This is the 7th post in a series. If you’re not familiar with how to read network graphs, you might prefer to start with Concept 1 or Concept 2.Many people have heard…
Concept 6: McCabe’s Tight-Knitter, Compartmentaliser and Sampler Friend Networks This is the 6th post in a series. If you’re not familiar with how to read network graphs, you might prefer to start with Concept 1 or Concept 2.Let’s take a look…
Concept 5: Burt’s Structural Holes and When You Can be a Broker This is the 5th post in a series. If you’re not familiar with how to read network graphs, you might prefer to start with Concept 1 or Concept 2.Alice (A),…
Concept 4: Job Opportunities and Granovetter’s Strength of Weak Ties This is the 4th post in a series. If you’re not familiar with how to read network graphs, you might prefer to start with Concept 1 or Concept 2.Let’s say…
Concept 3: Using Krackhardt’s Kite to Explain Centrality This is the 3rd post in a series. If you’re not familiar with how to read network graphs, you might prefer to start with Concept 1 or Concept 2.Above and…
Concept 2: How to Read Graphs Using The Empire Strikes Back The Star Wars movies have been subject to an incredible amount of analysis, including a fair amount of network analysis. Here’s what we can learn from reading this graph: There…