Editing Social capital (section)

=== Name generators ===
One type of quantitative social capital measure uses name generators to construct social networks and to measure the level of social capital.<ref name=":8" /> These networks are constructed by asking participants to name people that they interact with, such as "Name all the people you've discussed important matters with in the past six months."<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal|last=Marsden|first=Peter V.|date=1987-01-01|title=Core Discussion Networks of Americans|jstor=2095397|journal=American Sociological Review|volume=52|issue=1|pages=122–131|doi=10.2307/2095397|s2cid=143815557 }}</ref> Name generators are often useful to construct core discussion networks of close ties, rather than weaker ties.