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Table 1 Shows a summary of the user parameters. (For variable definitions see section on Review of Social Network Analysis: Network analysis)

From: How the study of online collaborative learning can guide teachers and predict students’ performance in a medical course

Parameter

Number

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

SD

Quantity of participation

 In-degree

35

0

29

7.2

5.48

 Out-degree

35

4

78

34.54

13.19

 Degree

35

4

107

41.74

18.03

Role in information relay

 Betweenness centralitya

35

0.00

0.39

0.02

0.07

 Closeness centrality a

35

0.36

0.76

0.44

0.10

 Information centrality

35

0.85

3.90

2.66

0.70

Connectedness

 Eigenvector centrality a

35

0.00

0.03

0.01

0.01

 Eccentricity

35

2.00

4.0

3.57

0.61

 Clustering a

35

0.00

0.42

0.22

0.10

  1. a Scores are normalized so that 0 is the least and one is the highest