An Experimental Study of the Small World Problem

by: Jeffrey Travers, Stanley Milgram

Sociometry, Vol. 32, No. 4. (1969), pp. 425-443.

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Abstract

Arbitrarily selected individuals (N = 296) in Nebraska and Boston are asked to generate acquaintance chains to a target person in Massachusetts, employing "the small world method" (Milgram, 1967). Sixty-four chains reach the target person. Within this group the mean number of intermediaries between starters and targets is 5.2. Boston starting chains reach the target person with fewer intermediaries than those starting in Nebraska; subpopulations in the Nebraska group do not differ among themselves. The funneling of chains through sociometric ßtars" is noted, with 48 per cent of the chains passing through three persons before reaching the target. Applications of the method to studies of large scale social structure are discussed.

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TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:311007 L3 - citeulike-article-id:311007 TI - An Experimental Study of the Small World Problem JF - Sociometry VL - 32 IS - 4 SP - 425 EP - 443 N2 - Arbitrarily selected individuals (N = 296) in Nebraska and Boston are asked to generate acquaintance chains to a target person in Massachusetts, employing "the small world method" (Milgram, 1967). Sixty-four chains reach the target person. Within this group the mean number of intermediaries between starters and targets is 5.2. Boston starting chains reach the target person with fewer intermediaries than those starting in Nebraska; subpopulations in the Nebraska group do not differ among themselves. The funneling of chains through sociometric ßtars" is noted, with 48 per cent of the chains passing through three persons before reaching the target. Applications of the method to studies of large scale social structure are discussed. AU - Travers, Jeffrey AU - Milgram, Stanley PY - 1969/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/2786545 ER -

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