Welcome to the XXXIX Sunbelt Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA). Here are some conference-related information... There are more on the Conference Website (you can download some helpful documents directly from the home page, under ’’Shared Files’’). WiFi: Network: Visiteurs UQAM User name: asunbelt2019 Password: DQ32fK23 OR EDUROAM is also available everywhere in all UQAM Buildings. There is also a Public WIFI Network in Downtown Montréal: MTL-WIFI (see here for more details). RESTAURANTS There is no lack of good restaurants and bars near the Conference venue and in Montréal globally. Download the pdf file for a few suggestions (under ’’Shared Files’’ on the website).
Which centrality measure should I use? Why are there no interesting regular equivalences? Is modularity clustering appropriate for my data? Or should I use this fancy new machine learning approach that everyone keeps recommending? And how do I defend my choices when reviewers disagree?
This workshop will introduce the pivotal notion of network position, i.e., how an actor relates to everyone else in the network, as a means to inform method selection by theory and context. The approach reveals tacit assumptions in commonly used methods, and facilitates adaption without requiring a degree in mathematics.
