IPP Demosites
Social Networking
Social networks refer to the peer groups to which a particular student belongs. In order to measure a social network, we administer a classroom-based survey using free recall (class lists/rosters, pictures, names, etc. are not provided in order to ensure the saliency of the nominated peer groups. A social network is generated from a classroom-based survey that gathers two pieces of information:
- Individual Centrality – the number of nominations a child receives as part of any peer group
- Cluster Centrality – the average of two highest cluster members’ individual centrality
The survey also provides information on the following:
- Friendship Nominations – the number of times a child was nominated as a “friend” by their classmates
- Friendship Reciprocity – whether the child’s nominated friend also selected them as a friend
- Rejections – the number of times a child was nominated as “someone other children do not like to hang out with”
- Peer Connections – the number of peer connections a child has in their classroom