TY - JOUR
T1 - Informant accuracy in social network data IV
T2 - a comparison of clique-level structure in behavioral and cognitive network data
AU - Bernard, H. Russell
AU - Killworth, Peter D.
AU - Sailer, Lee
N1 - Funding Information:
*Address all correspondence to Professor H. R. Bernard, Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. 32611, U.S.A. This work was supported under Office of Naval Research Contract #N000014-75C-0441-POOOOl, Code 452. The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the supporting agency.
PY - 1979
Y1 - 1979
N2 - This paper examines whether clique-structure in cognitive data (i.e. recall of who one talks to) may be used as a proxy for clique-structure in behavioral data (i.e. who one actually talks to). The answer to this question is crucial to much of sociometric and social net-theoretic studies of social structure. We analysed the clique structures of the communication patterns of four naturally occurring groups of sizes 34 to 58, whose actual communications could easily be monitored, together with the groups' perceptions of their communications. The groups used were: radio hams, a college fraternity, a group of office workers, and an academic department. The analysis used clique-finding, block-modelling, and factor-analytic techniques, all employed in such a way as to maximize the accuracy of the cognitive data. After defining a way to compare clique structures between behavioral and cognitive data, we found that there was no useful relationship between the two, and furthermore there was no significant difference in performance between any of the structure-finding algorithms. We conclude that cognitive data may not be used for drawing any conclusions about behavioral social structure.
AB - This paper examines whether clique-structure in cognitive data (i.e. recall of who one talks to) may be used as a proxy for clique-structure in behavioral data (i.e. who one actually talks to). The answer to this question is crucial to much of sociometric and social net-theoretic studies of social structure. We analysed the clique structures of the communication patterns of four naturally occurring groups of sizes 34 to 58, whose actual communications could easily be monitored, together with the groups' perceptions of their communications. The groups used were: radio hams, a college fraternity, a group of office workers, and an academic department. The analysis used clique-finding, block-modelling, and factor-analytic techniques, all employed in such a way as to maximize the accuracy of the cognitive data. After defining a way to compare clique structures between behavioral and cognitive data, we found that there was no useful relationship between the two, and furthermore there was no significant difference in performance between any of the structure-finding algorithms. We conclude that cognitive data may not be used for drawing any conclusions about behavioral social structure.
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U2 - 10.1016/0378-8733(79)90014-5
DO - 10.1016/0378-8733(79)90014-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001032085
SN - 0378-8733
VL - 2
SP - 191
EP - 218
JO - Social Networks
JF - Social Networks
IS - 3
ER -