Procedures for files and questions

Here are specifics we agreed on:

1) You are each constructing your ego network based on this question:
Who are the people you feel close to at Bucknell (up to 15)?

In addition, you should connect any one you are connected to who you are reasonably sure would be on each other’s ego network generated from the same question.

2) Once your ego network is in Netdraw, you can add attribute information. Be sure your node attribute editor is set up with columns in this order. If you don't it will make it impossible to combine egonetworks:

ID
Dorm
Sports
Major
Hometown

3) To SAVE this data, you now have to save it as a VNA file (this saves attribute and tie data).

Here is a simple version of the procedure.

1) Download and open visone and netdraw (If analytictech downloads UCINET, open it and click on the colored box icon to get Netdraw).
2) Draw your network and add names.
3) Export the file as a .dl file. Go to file>export. In the window, make sure you have selected .dl files.
4) In netdraw, go to fie>open>UICENT dl text file>Network 1-mode. Click on the file browse button (three dots). Find your exported file.
5) To edit attributes, go to the menu transform>node attribute editor. A small spreadsheet should become visible. You have to insert columns from menu. You can cut and past a whole column to get them in the right order. It is a very crude spreadsheet.
6) After editing, be sure to go to the Node Attrib Editor’ menu and choose update graph and save to file. DO this before you exit or you will LOOSE your data.
7) When done, soave your file as a ‘vna file. From the file menu, choose save data as and pick .vna.

Remember, once you export from visone, you can not send a file back to visone for editing.

Make sure you save ties and attributes as the VNA file format or you will lose work.