From Small Groups to Social Networks: Mathematical Approaches to the Study of Group Structure.

Alba, Richard D.

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ERIC Number: EJ250422

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Publication Date: 1981

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From Small Groups to Social Networks: Mathematical Approaches to the Study of Group Structure.

Alba, Richard D.

American Behavioral Scientist, v24 n5 p681-94 May-Jun 1981

Cites the importance of computers and of mathematical graph theory in describing the key features of group structures and compares research based on these methods to research carried out by social psychologists in the 1940s and 1950s. Identifies major problems in the collection of network data about large groups whose boundaries are not well-defined. (DB)

Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Computers, Group Dynamics, Mathematical Formulas, Social Psychology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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