College 1

Question 1

wicked problem

Answer 1

A problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often challenging to identify

Question 2

Social network

Answer 2

is defined as a set of nodes (social actors such as individuals, groups, or organizations) and ties representing some relationship or absence of a relationship among the actors

Question 3

Actors can be connected via:

Answer 3

1. similarities
2. social relations
3. interactions
4. flows of resources

Question 4

Ties can be:

Answer 4

1. Binary
2. Valued
3. Directed/undirected

Question 5

State ties

Answer 5

have continuity over time. They are not permanent, but have an open-ended persistence. They can be operationalized in terms of strength, intensity and duration

Question 6

Event-type ties

Answer 6

has a discrete and transitory nature and can be counted over periods of time. They can be operationalized in terms of frequency and occurrence

Question 7

Realist

Answer 7

there is a ‘true’ network of relationship out there, and our job as researchers is to discover it.

Question 8

Nominalist

Answer 8

Every network question that we as researchers ask generates its own network.

Question 9

The strength of weak ties

Answer 9

Weak ties are likely to be the source of novel information. Weak ties are likely bridges.
The stronger the tie between two people, the more likely their social world will overlap, so they do not have novel information