Course Schedule

All the class materials will be posted/updated here.

Date Topic Materials
Day 1 Course Overview and
Introduction to Network Analysis
course intro & syllabus | intro to networks| intro to networks pdf | code from class | Intro to Colab | highlandPonies.csv | script1 on Colab | your turn answers | defAlly.rda
Day 2 Network Centrality
network centrality | script2 on Colab | | code from class
Community Detection
community detection | script3 on Colab | email data | resume data
Day 3 Causal Inference with Networks
causal inference with networks |
Spatial Models
spatial models | script4 on Colab | soydata | contiguity matrix | state region data | Make maps on Colab | animal data
Days 4--5 Models for Binary DVs
binary dvs | script 5 on Colab | space shuttle data
LSGM
lsgm | slides in Rmd | script 6 on Colab | ally data | troop placement example | script 7 on Colab | chechen attacks | village distance matrix |
Days 6--7 ERGMs
random networks | script 8 on Colab | intro to ergms | script 9 on Colab | ergm specification | script 10 on Colab | legnet | Gade data | ergm application |
Day 8
Wed Jul 22
Netify: Building Network Data and the Map of the Whole Course
Teaching deck | Download deck | Walkthrough | Code & data | Netify website
Day 9
Thu Jul 23
Social Relations Model and Blockmodels
Teaching deck | Download deck | Walkthrough | Code & data | Bayesian workflow aside
Day 10
Fri Jul 24
Latent Geometry: The Distance Model → The Factor Model (AME)
Teaching deck | Download deck | Walkthrough | Code & data
Day 11
Mon Jul 27
Advanced ERGM Specification and Temporal ERGMs
Teaching deck | Download deck | Walkthrough | Code & data
Day 12
Tue Jul 28
Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models (SAOMs)
Teaching deck | Download deck | Walkthrough | Code & data
Day 13
Wed Jul 29
Causal Inference on Networks
Teaching deck | Download deck | Walkthrough | Code & data
Day 14
Thu Jul 30
Which Model, When? The Frontier
Teaching deck | Download deck | Walkthrough | Code & data
Extras Ancillary Shelf: Optional Deep Dives (TERGM, Relational Events, Random Graphs, Ego-ERGMs, Valued ERGMs, SAOM Extensions)
Shelf index | All as ZIP