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 | intro to ergms pdf | ergm specification | ergm application |
Day 8 Netify
intro to netify | intro to netify pdf | intro to netify code | Other Netify Vignettes | netify website
Day 9 Latent Variable Modeling: Social Relations Model (SRM)
SRM PDF | SRM Reading I: Back & Kenny 2010 | SRM Reading II: Minhas et al 2022 | Day 9 Code Part 1 | Day 9 Code Part 2 | Day 9 Data | Day 9 Summary | Aside on Bayesian Modeling |
Day 10 Latent Variable Modeling: Blockmodels
Blockmodels PDF | Blockmodel Readings | Day 10 Code | Day 10 Data |
Day 11 Latent Variable Modeling: Distance Model
Distance Model PDF | Distance Model Readings | Day 10 Code | Day 10 Data | Matrix Decomposition Aside |
Day 12 Latent Variable Modeling: Factor Model
Factor Model PDF | Factor Model Readings | Day 12 Code & Data | Summary of Latent Variable Models | Gade Latent Variable Application Code |
Day 13 Weighted ERGMs
weighted nets | slides in pdf| code from class | your turn answers
Day 13 Temporal ERGMs
tergm | slides in pdf| slides in Rmd| code from class | your turn answers | your turn answers (2nd exercise)
Day 14 SAOMs
SAOMs | slides in pdf| slides in Rmd| your turn answers (1st exercise) | your turn answers (Knecht exercise) | your turn answers (2nd exercise) | your turn answers (3rd exercise)