Vaidyanathan, A.Shore, M.Billinghurst, Mark2009-04-202009-04-202008Vaidyanathan, A., Shore, M., Billinghurst, M. (2008) Data in Social Network Analysis. Dunedin, New Zealand: International Conference on Computer Mediated Social Networking (ICCMSN - 2008), 11-13 Jun 2008.http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2335Social Network research relies on a variety of data-sources, depending on the problem-scenario and the questions which the research is trying to answer or inform. In this paper, we analyze some of the datasources indexed by the sizes of these data-sets and relating them back to the research question, which the data-set is used for. In carrying out such an exercise, our goal is to assign a confidence metric to the data-set when tied to the field within the Social Network analysis that the data is used for. This will lay the foundation for benchmarking the results of any social networking study by means of concrete requirements for the data-sets used in research.enConference Contributions - PublishedFields of Research::370000 Studies in Human Society::370100 Sociology::370106 Sociological methodology and research methodsFields of Research::280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences::280500 Data Format::280501 Data structures