เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	Name Generator Method	Homophily Analysis
สาขาวิชา	Sociology	Sociology
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1984 (GSS network module)	1954 (concept); 2001 (synthesis)
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Survey network methodology; Ronald Burt (GSS module)	Lazarsfeld & Merton (concept); McPherson, Smith-Lovin & Cook (synthesis)
ประเภท	Survey instrument for eliciting personal-network members and attributes	Measurement of similarity-based tie formation
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Burt, R. S. (1984). Network items and the General Social Survey. Social Networks, 6(4), 293–339.	McPherson, M., Smith-Lovin, L., & Cook, J. M. (2001). Birds of a feather: homophily in social networks. Annual Review of Sociology, 27, 415–444.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	name generator, name interpreter, egocentric network survey, personal network name generator	homophily measurement, assortative mixing analysis, birds-of-a-feather analysis, tie-similarity analysis
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	5	4
สรุป	The name generator is the standard survey technique for collecting egocentric (personal) network data. A respondent (ego) is prompted to name the people (alters) with whom they have a specified kind of relationship — those with whom they discuss important matters, exchange support, or socialize. A follow-up battery of name-interpreter questions then records each alter's attributes and the ties among the alters, yielding measures of network size, composition, density, and diversity for each respondent.	Homophily analysis quantifies the tendency of similar individuals to form ties — the principle that 'birds of a feather flock together'. It compares the rate at which people connect with others who share an attribute (race, gender, age, education, attitudes) against what would be expected by chance, distinguishing the homophily that arises merely from group sizes from the genuine, behavior-driven preference for similar others.