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DESCRIPTION:ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Department of PhysicsM.S. Physics Thesi
 s DefenseHannah BenstonDr. Adrienne Traxler\, AdvisorFriday\, Feb. 25 at 1
 0 a.m.Virtual Meeting (Please contact the Physics Department for access de
 tails)Using Network Analysis to Contrast Three Models of Student Forum Dis
 cussionsThere is much research about how actors and events in social netwo
 rks affect each other. In our research\, we are creating three network mod
 els for discussion forums in three semesters of undergraduate general phys
 ics courses. Our study seeks to understand what students’ interactions in 
 discussion boards says about the classroom dynamic. That is\, we wanted to
  understand more about things like what students are most central to the n
 etworks and is this consistent across different network models? We also wa
 nted to better understand things about how students may or may not group t
 ogether. Things examined included what relationships (student to student\,
  student to instructor\, etc.) are formed\, subjects regarding centralizat
 ion\, various clustering\, and correlation coefficients\, and how particip
 ation in a forum unfolds. We also looked at network model constructions an
 d how these constructions may affect student interactions. These attribute
 s are analyzed among individual semesters\, but also compared/contrasted a
 cross all three\, to see if they maintain across different network model f
 ormations. We found that in general as models increase in connectivity\, w
 e were able to see a rise in network measures like centralization and aver
 age degree. We also saw a drop in network measure values such as average v
 ertex-vertex distance and diameter. Finally\, we discovered that changing 
 a model from undirected to directed made an appreciable change in results.
  Overall\, our research gave us an appreciation of different network model
  construction and how centrality may affect social networks.
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  to the seminar.
SUMMARY:WSU Physics M.S. Thesis Defense - Hannah Benston
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 nnah-benston
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