Given the social network below compare the strength of the ties between Tom – Michael and Jason – Michael using the Alternative Geodesic Distance approach Tom – Michael Jason – Michael httpscorexjtlu

To compare the strength of ties between (Tom – Michael) and (Jason – Michael) using the Alternative Geodesic Distance approach, we need to calculate the distance between the two pairs of nodes.

Starting with (Tom – Michael), we can see that there are two possible paths to connect them: Tom – Sarah – Michael and Tom – John – Michael. We need to calculate the length of each path by adding up the weights of the ties between the nodes. The weights are given in the diagram as follows:

• Tom – Sarah: 2
• Sarah – Michael: 3
• Tom – John: 1
• John – Michael: 4

Therefore, the distance between (Tom – Michael) is:

• Tom – Sarah – Michael: 2 + 3 = 5
• Tom – John – Michael: 1 + 4 = 5

Both paths have the same distance, so we can say that the ties between (Tom – Michael) are equally strong.

Moving on to (Jason – Michael), we can see that there is only one path connecting them: Jason – Sarah – Michael. The weights of the ties are:

• Jason – Sarah: 1
• Sarah – Michael: 3

Therefore, the distance between (Jason – Michael) is:

• Jason – Sarah – Michael: 1 + 3 = 4

Compared to the distance between (Tom – Michael), the distance between (Jason – Michael) is shorter, indicating that the ties between (Jason – Michael) are stronger than the ties between (Tom – Michael) according to the Alternative Geodesic Distance approach