Week 9

Dad Joke

Why did the raisin go out with the prune?

Because he couldn’t find a date.

Housekeeping

  • Thursday - 6 Degrees of Wikipedia
  • Self-assessment reflections and Lab 6 due after Spring Break

Review Questions

  • What is a degree distribution?

Review Questions

  • What is a scale-free distribution?
  • When/where do we find scale-free distributions?
  • What is an example of a network that would not have a scale-free distribution?
  • What are the benefits of scale-free networks?

Review Questions

  • What is the “friendship paradox”?
  • How is the friendship paradox useful?

Friendship Paradox Example

Discussion Questions

Visualization Challenge