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Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek
Wouter de Nooy, Andrej Mrvar, Vladimir Batagelj
Galesburg drug study.
Dataset Galesburg
Description
Galesburg.net: 17 vertices (physicians), 35 edges (blue - friendship, red -
discussion tie), no arcs, no loops, no line values.
Galesburg_adoptiontime.clu: classification of the (17) physicians according
to their adoption time, i.e., the number of months since the introduction
of the new drug and the time at which the physician first prescribed the
drug.
Galesburg.paj: Pajek project file containing both files.
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Background
In a famous study, known as the Columbia University Drug Study, the
diffusion of a new drug (gammanym) was investigated. The researchers
collected data on the first subscription of this drug by physicians in several
communities. In addition, they investigated friendship ties and discussion
links between the physicians, asking them to name three doctors whom
they considered to be personal friends and to nominate three doctors with
whom they would choose to discuss medical matters.
The file Galesburg.net contains a network of friendship (blue) and
discussion ties (red) between 17 physicians who adopted the new drug in
Galesburg (Illinois) in the 1950s. The partition Galesburg_adoptiontime.clu
specifies the number of months since the introduction of the new drug at
which the physician first prescribed the drug. This is considered to be their
adoption time.
References
- J.S. Coleman, E. Katz and H. Menzel, Medical Innovation. A Diffusion
Study (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1966).
D. Knoke and R.S. Burt, 'Prominence', in R.S. Burt and M.J. Minor
(Eds.), Applied Network Analysis. A Methodological Introduction
(Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1983, 195-222).
- W. de Nooy, A. Mrvar, & V. Batagelj, Exploratory Social Network
Analysis with Pajek (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004),
Chapter 8.
History
- Original author: James S. Coleman (1926-1995), Elihu Katz (1926,
Professor of Communication and Director of The Annenberg Scholars Program,
ekatz@asc.upenn.edu ),
and Herbert Menzel (1921-).
The data were taken from Knoke & Burt (1983), who used the archives of
the original authors.
- Data compiled into Pajek data files by W. de Nooy, 2001.
2. January 2004
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