Week 9: Scale-free networks and the friendship paradox
Content for the week of Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Tuesday
Assignment Due:
- Proposal for Final Project; this is a few paragraphs about which final project you’d like to do, and what you are planning to do for it.
- Troubled Lands Reflection
- Reading Review
Readings:
Feld, Scott L. (1991), Why your friends have more friends than you do. American Journal of Sociology, 96 (6): 1464–1477. https://doi.org/10.1086%2F229693
(Optional) Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2010). Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks. PLOS ONE, 5(9), e12948. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012948
Lecture Video:
- Scale-free networks and the Friendship Paradox [18:21]
- Slides
Thursday
Assignments Due:
Class Schedule: