Real and Perceived Attitude Agreement in Social Networks

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 611-621

  Goel, Sharad ^a   Mason, Winter ^a   Watts, Duncan J ^a  

^a YAHOO RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Homophily; Networks; Perception; Similarity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLITICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957809522     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020697     Document Type: Article

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