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Implications of Informant Accuracy Research for Ego Networks

from II - Early Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2021

By
Christopher McCarty
Edited by
Mario L. Small ,
Brea L. Perry ,
Bernice Pescosolido  and
Edward B. Smith
Mario L. Small
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Brea L. Perry
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Bernice Pescosolido
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Edward B. Smith
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Illinois
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Summary

There were six informant accuracy articles published by Bernard, Killworth, and their colleagues between 1976 and 1982 reporting on seven data sets. The first five articles limited the scope of the results to social network data.

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Personal Networks
Classic Readings and New Directions in Egocentric Analysis
 , pp. 174 - 184
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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