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[Question] Matrix and statistics #278

Closed ShitamSapud closed 1 year ago

ShitamSapud commented 1 year ago

Hi guys,

I am currently trying to explore my network analysis through statistics. As I have spoken with Leifeld two weeks ago, it seems that there is not necessarily an easy way to do it.

I am therefore manually creating a matrix with all of my authors and policy beliefs, and manually filling the cell with 0 and 1. To make sure that I am not doing this for nothing, I have two questions:

I hope this is the right place to ask those questions !:) If not, I apologize

Kind regards;

leifeld commented 1 year ago

Hi there. This is the right place to ask, but I'm not sure I understand the question completely.

When you say "create rapidly a matrix on excel based on a database", did you mean exporting a network matrix into a CSV spreadsheet file that can be opened with MS Excel? If so, yes, DNA can do this. You just have to select "csv" under "Format" in the network export window.

When you say "raw", did you mean without normalisation? You can set any options you want in the network export dialog before exporting to CSV.

"Some statistics" could be anything. But 40% against and 60% in favour could be done by exporting a two-mode (affiliation) network for positive mentions and one for negative mentions separately and then calculating these things in Excel or R based on the counts.

If you have more usage questions or want to chat, consider joining the new #dna space on Matrix. The README that is displayed on the landing page of the repository has some details on how to access the chat under "Documentation and community".

leifeld commented 1 year ago

Closing due to inactivity. Feel free to re-open.