User-friendly Social Network Analysis Software for Non-Computer Programmer
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use it for big data research and teaching graduate courses at my faculty. As a social scientist, I study netizens' social media conversations. I don't have any programming skills, but I need to do social network analysis to conduct my research project. With NodeXL, I can fulfil my mission in a few simple clicking procedures.
Pros
- extracting the data from the social media
- visualising the big data of the social media
- sentiment analysis
- cluster analysis
- time series analysis
Cons
- It would be nice if NodeXL can analyse other type of social media such as Instagram, Facebook and TikTok
- It would be nice if it is 100 percent stable, as sometimes I have a problem with error in NodeXL when it is processing the data
- It would be nice if is able to reduce the price for adding Microsoft Power BI in NodeXL
Most Important Features
- Import Social Media Data
- Automation through NodeXL recipee
- Visualization
Return on Investment
- More advance in analysis data
- Attract more people to collaborate with me
- Minimise the time for analysing the data
Other Software Used
IBM SPSS, AMOS, Gephi



