Advanced Social Network Analysis: Lazega Law Firm- R-Studio- Report Writing Assignment

Internal Code: 1HCDD

Report Writing Assignment:

Task: Please read through and carefully follow these instructions and try to sketch an outline for a report. The data set I’ve chosen is Lazega Law firm: An expanded version of the dataset for lawyers in a New England law firm. This has 71 lawyers, their advice, friendship, and co-worker ties as well as a number of attributes. The dataset has 3 networks (advice, friendship and co-worker) but you only need to analyse ONE NETWORK. I will upload the datasets separately (file name: LazegaNet.txt and Lazatt.txt) Instructions Choose one of the themes from the list below which you feel most comfortable with: • Degree-based effects • Closure and connectivity • Cohesion and embeddedness • Balance, homophily and transitivity and write a 3000 word (upper limit) report that addresses this topic from the perspectives of - relevant network-related theory - use of an empirical Data set - appraisal of how theory, research questions and data fit together and support each other