Reduce uncertainty," and "Product quality."
Coles (2001) pointed out another use of social network analysis: the investigation of criminal networks or organized crime. The author pointed out that to provide conclusive evidence to support the existence of national criminal networks, more than available data is needed - there must be a method to analyze this data. Social network analysis provides for this empirical analysis.
Ayuku, Odero, Kaplan, De Bruyn, and De Vries (2003) demonstrated that social network analysis can be used for health and social interventions. This analysis was used to help street children in Kenya, where poverty, wars, famine, and disease are ramped. For this study, 300 street and orphanage children and 100 primary school children (control) were investigated. Data included structure counts (size, family, friendly relations, service providers, variety, access family, and access friends) and function means (affection, connection, stability, and material reso
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