Do you know my friend? Attending to the accuracy of egocentered network data

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 295-313

  McEvily, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Egocentered; Network data; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901455165     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X(2014)0000040015     Document Type: Article

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