The Manchester social networks group (MSNG) is a cross-disciplinary research group located in the School of Social Sciences. MSNG aims to discuss and to promote the application and development of Social Network Analysis methodology to answer important research questions in social science. The following SNA topics are of interest to the group:
Data collection for social network analysis
Longitudinal networks and network formation
Neighbourhood and network variations in social and health outcomes
Qualitative network analysis
Social Networks and Social Movements
Statistical modelling of social networks
Visualising and describing social networks
A number of instructors have been using NodeXL to help teaching social network analysis. It is relatively easy to use compared to many other network analysis and visualization tools, while still providing a rich set of metrics and visualization features. It is also free and integrates with Excel 2007, which many users are familiar with. This page is meant to collect information that can be useful in teaching with NodeXL.
KeyLines is a JavaScript toolkit for visualising networks.
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