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Question 1

Referring to the Baker/Faulnker article (see syllabus), conspiracy networks wishing to remain concealed want to be:

Question 2

Referring to Baker/Faulkner, the centrality measure predictive of whether a person participating in the conspiracy network would be convicted is:

Question 3

Which of the following is an explanation of why some centrality measures were predictive of why a node is convicted while others were not.

Question 4

Which of the following is true based on the Aral/Van Alstyne study of worker productivity in a recruiting firm?

Question 5

Go to the Movie Galaxies representation of the first and third Lord of the Ring movies: The Fellowship of the Ring and Return of the King. You can mouse over the nodes to identify them and to find their degree and betweenness. Which of the following is true?

Question 6

Download the world trade data for fish and fish products as a GDF file. Load it into Gephi. Apply a filter (Filters->Edges->Edge weight ... drag to Queries, click on Filter) such that only edges are kept where at least 5% (weight = 0.05) of the country's imports of fish stem from the other country. Calculate betweenness by clicking on Statistics -> Av. Path. Length -> Run. Check out the betweenness values in the data laboratory view. Among the choices, the country with the highest betweenness is:
    
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