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Ethics in Network Analysis

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This chapter discusses ethical aspects of network analysis and the connection to network analysis literacy.

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Notes

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    In all following quotes from the Wegman report I replaced the full names of the scientists in question by X, Y, and Z.

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    The quality of this part has been discussed in many non-scientific forums but as a non-expert in this area, I will not report on that.

  3. 3.

    The number is inconsistent over the report; sometimes it is said that he has 43 co-authors.

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  1. TU Kaiserslautern, FB Computer Science, Graph Theory and Analysis of Complex Networks, Gottlieb-Daimler-Str. 48, 67331, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Katharina A. Zweig

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Zweig, K.A. (2016). Ethics in Network Analysis. In: Network Analysis Literacy. Lecture Notes in Social Networks. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0741-6_15

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