Re: Dataset Scales and NetDraw
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Dear Raffaele, Thank you very much.? This DL method imported the file (having changed the excel file into a text file).? Now I have the two column list within UCINet.? Could?you please suggest how I can take that data from there, to make it into a UCINet file and matrix? Thanks Jeff
Jeffrey Broadbent
Professor Emeritus,? Department of Sociology Fellow, Institute on the Environment University of Minnesota Email: broad001@...¡°The world is much more interesting than any one discipline.¡±? ¨C Edward Tufte
Jeffrey, you can import your data by using the DL-Editor (Data/Import/Import Excel/DL-type formats, or 4th button on the bar from the left) and by selecting ¡°Edgelist1 (ego
alter [value])¡± as data format
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Raffaele Corrado
Universit¨¤ di Bologna - Scuola di Economia e Management
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I have an excel dataset for a matrix.? I wish to import it into Ucinet as a matrix.? However, the data is listed in two?columns, egos (col 1) and alters (col 2).? Under egos, for instance, there are 7 rows
for actor?1, each listing a different alter actor.? Then the ego column goes on to list actor 2 a number of times with its alters, and so forth.? How do I import this data into UCINet so that it becomes a proper matrix upon which I can run analyses?? Does
it require a certain DL language at the start of the excel file (I could not find?the DL commands for that kind of data in the help file)?? What is that DL wording and placement in the excel file?
Jeffrey Broadbent
Professor Emeritus,?
Fellow, Institute on the Environment
University of Minnesota
Email:
broad001@...
¡°The world is much more interesting than any one discipline.¡±? ¨C Edward Tufte
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I have a new 2-mode dataset where there is significant differences in scales in the columns (single vs 3 digit values). If I convert to 1-mode via sums of cross products that creates very large values and in NetDraw I have to prune by the
hundreds of ties. So, I normalized the original dataset (min-max, all from 0->1) but after similar conversion to 1-mode a single pruning in NetDraw breaks all ties, i.e., multiplying fractions makes smaller fractions. I like Bonicich'72 but it also creates
values of 0-1. By trial and error, it seems multiplying all initial values by a constant (1.5-2) allows reasonable pruning in NetDraw. Using values is definitely different than categorical binary data. Any suggestions on how to proceed?
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