Editing Social network analysis (section)

===Connections===
[[Homophily]]: The extent to which actors form ties with similar versus dissimilar others. Similarity can be defined by gender, race, age, occupation, educational achievement, status, values or any other salient characteristic.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McPherson |first1=Miller |last2=Smith-Lovin |first2=Lynn |last3=Cook |first3=James M |title=Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks |journal=Annual Review of Sociology |date=August 2001 |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=415–444 |doi=10.1146/annurev.soc.27.1.415 |s2cid=2341021 }}</ref> Homophily is also referred to as [[assortativity]].

Multiplexity: The number of content-forms contained in a tie.<ref name = "Podo97"/> For example, two people who are friends and also work together would have a multiplexity of 2.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Kilduff, M.|author2=Tsai, W. |year=2003 |title= Social networks and organisations |publisher=Sage Publications}}</ref> Multiplexity has been associated with relationship strength and can also comprise overlap of positive and negative network ties.<ref name=Brennecke2019>{{cite journal |last1=Brennecke |first1=Julia |title=Dissonant Ties in Intraorganizational Networks: Why Individuals Seek Problem-Solving Assistance from Difficult Colleagues |journal=Academy of Management Journal |date=June 2020 |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=743–778 |doi=10.5465/amj.2017.0399 |s2cid=164852065 |oclc=8163488129 }}</ref>

Mutuality/Reciprocity: The extent to which two actors reciprocate each other's friendship or other interaction.<ref name="Kadu12"/>

[[Triadic closure|Network Closure]]: A measure of the completeness of relational triads. An individual's assumption of network closure (i.e. that their friends are also friends) is called transitivity. Transitivity is an outcome of the individual or situational trait of [[Closure (psychology)|Need for Cognitive Closure]].<ref name="Flyn10"/>

[[Propinquity]]: The tendency for actors to have more ties with geographically close others.