EgoNet2014-04-20

Egonet is a reliable Java-based application that can assist you in conducting an egocentric network study. It provides the necessary tools in order to gather the data and generate the questionnaires, while enabling you to analyze trends and statistics.

Easily create a new study

Egonet does not require installation and is very easy to work with, thanks to its intuitive menus and the accessible options. Creating a new study is very easy, since your only task is to fill in the desired forms.You are free to customize the study name, choose the alters number mode, the maximum and minimum limits and configure other settings related to the questionnaire you are about to create.

Import or create question sets

You can either create new questions one by one or import them from your computer. There are multiple question types you can choose from (ego, alter prompt, alter pair, alter) and various answering possibilities that you can impose, namely text, categorical, numerical or informational.Egonet features preview functionality, so you can take a look to see how the questions are displayed to the interviewed person before saving the study. It can perform network and answer analysis, enabling you to view statistical data about the surveyed population.

Open-source egocentric network analysis tool

Egocentric networks emphasize on social relationships and we can view examples of such networks everyday, when accessing a Facebook or Twitter profile. Egonet helps professional statisticians and other interested persons to analyze the structure and relationships inside personal networks without a lot of effort.