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A Bayesian Semi-Parametric Approach for Modeling Memory Decay in Dynamic Social Networks
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Giuseppe Arena; Joris Mulder; Roger Th. A. J. Leenders – Sociological Methods & Research, 2024
In relational event networks, the tendency for actors to interact with each other depends greatly on the past interactions between the actors in a social network. Both the volume of past interactions and the time that has elapsed since the past interactions affect the actors' decision-making to interact with other actors in the network. Recently…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Social Networks, Memory, Decision Making
Learning from Locals: The Impact of Social Networks with Target-Language Speakers during Study Abroad
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Kennedy Terry, Kristen – L2 Journal, 2023
Social network analysis (SNA) examines the relationships that an individual speaker creates and maintains with others in order to explain and predict language behavior. Over the past 20 years, SNA has been used by a growing number of researchers to better understand the language learner and the language learning process, especially in the context…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning
Model Adequacy Checking/Goodness-of-Fit Testing for Behavior in Joint Dynamic Network/Behavior Models, with an Extension to Two-Mode Networks
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Wang, Cheng; Butts, Carter T.; Hipp, John; Lakon, Cynthia M. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2022
The recent popularity of models that capture the dynamic coevolution of both network structure and behavior has driven the need for summary indices to assess the adequacy of these models to reproduce dynamic properties of scientific or practical importance. Whereas there are several existing indices for assessing the ability of the model to…
Descriptors: Models, Goodness of Fit, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software
Labeling Actors and Uncovering Causal Accounts of Their States in Social Networks and Social Media
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Bui, Ngot P. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The emergence of social networks and social media has resulted in exponential increase in the amount of data that link diverse types of richly structured digital objects e.g., individuals, articles, images, videos, music, etc. Such data are naturally represented as heterogeneous networks with multiple types of objects e.g., actors, video,…
Descriptors: Social Media, Social Networks, Data Analysis, Network Analysis
Three Interaction Patterns on Asynchronous Online Discussion Behaviours: A Methodological Comparison
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Jo, I.; Park, Y.; Lee, H. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2017
An asynchronous online discussion (AOD) is one format of instructional methods that facilitate student-centered learning. In the wealth of AOD research, this study evaluated how students' behavior on AOD influences their academic outcomes. This case study compared the differential analytic methods including web log mining, social network analysis…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Interaction Process Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Predictor Variables
Coping Styles and Gender-Role: Some Implications for Mexican American Adult Education.
Evans, Stephanie; Crockett, Stanley – 1986
Passive coping behavior and traditional role-gender definitions affect learning needs of segments of the Mexican American adult community and may affect the behavioral development of younger family members. Networking within the community is useful in defining and meeting learning needs of adult Mexican Americans by creating cooperative,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavior Patterns, Community Change, Community Coordination