A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words; Photographic Identification in Rural Networks and an Introduction to Netriks

Authors

Douglas A. Hughes, University of California - San DiegoFollow
Derek K. Stafford, University of Michigan - Ann ArborFollow
Bret Abel, University of Michigan - Ann ArborFollow

Abstract

The authors here review the literature on threats to valid inference in sampled empirical networks and offer a series of best-practices to maximally increase population response rates. The authors further introduce a network analysis survey program called Netriks which uses photographic cross-identification to decrease cost and improve accuracy in relational surveys.