Comparing two methods for estimating network size

Human Organization

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 28-39

  McCarty, Christopher ^a   Killworth, Peter D ^b   Bernard, H Russell ^c   Johnsen, Eugene C ^d   Shelley, Gene A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hard to count populations; Network size; Telephone survey

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; SIZE EFFECT; SURVEYING;

EID: 0035018860     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.60.1.efx5t9gjtgmga73y     Document Type: Article

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