CRJU 520 - Chapter 11
Adjacency matrix
A dataset containing information about the relations between the units of observation, sometimes called a network matrix.
Nodelist
A dataset containing the nodes (units of observation) for a social network analysis.
Sociogram
A graph representing the social configurations, with individuals (or some other unit) represented by points and their social relationships to one another depicted by lines.
Betweenness centrality score
A statistic that measures the extent to which nodes connect to other nodes that are not directly linked to each other in social network analysis.
Big Data
A very large dataset (contains thousands of cases), accessible in computer-readable form, that is used to reveal patterns, trends, and associations between variables with new computer technology
Social network analysis
An approach to analysis and a set of methodological techniques that help researchers and practitioners describe and explore relationships that both individuals and groups have with each other.
Binary network
Distinguishes whether a relationship does or does not exist between nodes.
A networkgram is a graph representing the social configurations, with individuals (or some other unit) represented by points and their social relationships to one another depicted by lines.
False
Big data is not associated with any concerns about research ethics.
False
Data that measures the contacts, connections, attachments, and ties that one related unit has with the next is referred to as contextual data.
False
Ggrams are frequency graphs, produced by Google's database.
False
Social network analysis is a geographical mapping strategy that is used to visualize a number of things including location, distance, and patterns of crime and their correlates.
False
Subject confidentiality is not a concern with secondary data or big data.
False
Ngrams
Frequency graphs, produced by Google's database, of all words printed in more than one third world's books over time (with coverage still expanding)
Crime mapping
Geographical mapping strategies used to visualize a number of things including location, distance, and patterns of crime and their correlates
Relational data
Measures the contacts, connections, attachments, and ties that relate one unit to the next.
Risk-terrain modeling (RTM)
Modeling that uses data from several sources to predict the probability of crime occurring in the future, using the underlying factors of the environment that are associated with illegal behavior
Nodes
The basic units (e.g., people) in a social network graph, sometimes called actors or vertices.
Relations
The connections in a network graph, sometimes called ties, links, arcs, or edges.
Geographic information system (GIS)
The software tool that has made crime mapping increasingly available to researchers since the 1990s
A binary network distinguishes whether a relationship exists or not between nodes.
True
A very large dataset that is accessible in computer-readable form is known as big data.
True
Geographical information system (GIS) is a commonly used crime mapping software tool.
True
ICPSR can restrict access to data that requires investigators to agree to certain conditions of use that preserve subject confidentiality.
True
Intelligence-led policing are policing strategies and tactics that are guided by data, analysis, and criminal theory.
True
Risk-terrain modeling is a modeling technique that relies on data from multiple sources to predict the probability of crime.
True
Social networks are types of relationships that can include many different forms such as face-to-face, online and digital, economic transactions, interaction with a criminal justice agency, geopolitical relations among nation states, for example.
True
The basic units (e.g., people) in a social network analysis are referred to as nodes.
True
The institutional review board (IRB) for the protection of human subjects at your college or university or other institution has the responsibility to decide whether they need to review and approve proposals for secondary data analysis.
True
Social networks
Types of relationships that can include many different forms, such as face-to-face and online interactions, digital economic transactions, interaction with a criminal justice agency, geopolitical relations among nation states, and so on.
Intelligence‑led policing
Using data, analysis, and criminal theory to guide police allocation and decision making.