Structural Analysis of Social Data: A Guide to Ho's Galois Lattice Approach and a Partial Respecification of Q -Analysis

Abstract

A pedagogic exposition of Ho's Galois lattice approach for analysing social data is given in this paper. This provides a basis for respecifying Atkin's Q-analysis in a way that is believed to be more powerful, more economical, and accessible to a wider audience. Concepts of traffic and eccentricity are reexamined, but more generally, the suggested respecification may enhance the utility of Q-analysis and broaden its applicability, while remaining true to its underlying ethos.