Juan Conducts a Social Network Analysis of Language Students at His

question 49

Multiple Choice

Juan conducts a social network analysis of language students at his college.He finds that Spanish language students have strong friendships with Chinese language students,and Spanish language students have strong friendships with French language students,but Chinese language students and French language students are not very connected to each other.Juan concludes that this social network constitutes a(n)

• A)open triad.
• B)closed triad.
• C)inactive triad.
• D)nodal interaction.

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