This article compares two different tools for analyzing personal networks: the FNG (free name generator) by which respondents freely list the names of people with whom they more often interact, and the GNG (guided name generator) by which respondents list the names of people with whom they more often interact, following a standardized 20-item list of types of exchange. The two techniques are tested together in an integrated questionnaire, the data of 37 personal networks are analyzed, a typologicalfactorial sampling design is discussed, and a standard procedure is suggested and tested.
Two different methods for measuring personal networks compared / Vergati, Stefania. - In: BULLETIN DE MÉTHODOLOGIE SOCIOLOGIQUE. - ISSN 0759-1063. - 110:(2011), pp. 74-83. [10.1177/0759106311399555]
Two different methods for measuring personal networks compared
VERGATI, Stefania
2011
Abstract
This article compares two different tools for analyzing personal networks: the FNG (free name generator) by which respondents freely list the names of people with whom they more often interact, and the GNG (guided name generator) by which respondents list the names of people with whom they more often interact, following a standardized 20-item list of types of exchange. The two techniques are tested together in an integrated questionnaire, the data of 37 personal networks are analyzed, a typologicalfactorial sampling design is discussed, and a standard procedure is suggested and tested.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
