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Q53. Practice constructing network survey instrument ("by hand"), administering and recording data.

1. Sketch out (paper and pencil mode) a brief network questionnaire that includes
   1. Respondent name and a few demographics (e.g., sex and age)
   2. List of R's "confidantes"
2. For each confidante we want to collect a bit of demographic info (e.g., sex and age)
3. For each confidante we want to know whether R has particular activity tie (e.g., have you had dinner in the last week).
4. Construct a grid that will let you record R's answers to whether for each pair of confidantes she has Xd with the two.
5. Construct a grid that will let you record R's assessment of whether a particular relationship exists between each pair of confidantes.

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Edge Lists

Confidantes K M K S K L K V

Telephone K M K S K L K V

See K M K S K L K V

Email —

Face to Face (KXY) M S S L

Mutual Confidantes M S S V V M