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Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek
Wouter de Nooy, Andrej Mrvar, Vladimir Batagelj
Galesburg drug study 2.
Dataset Galesburg
Description
Galesburg_discussion.net: 31 vertices (physicians), 82 edges (discussion
ties), no arcs, no loops, no line values.
Galesburg_friendship.net: 31 vertices (physicians), 78 edges (friendship
ties), no arcs, no loops, no line values.
Galesburg_adoptiontime31.clu: classification of the (31) 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. Note that the 14 physicians who did not adopt have
code 9999998.
Galesburg31.paj: Pajek project file containing all data 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 friendship and discussion ties among 31 physicians are coded into
separate networks. 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 9.
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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