Juan conducts a social network analysis of language students at his college.He finds that Spanish language students have strong friendships with Chinese language students,and Spanish language students have strong friendships with French language students,but Chinese language students and French language students are not very connected to each other.Juan concludes that this social network constitutes a(n)
A)open triad.
B)closed triad.
C)inactive triad.
D)nodal interaction.

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An open triad in social network analysis refers to a situation where there are three nodes (in this case, groups of language students) where two of the nodes have a relationship with the third, but there is no direct relationship between those two nodes. Juan's observation fits this description: Spanish students are connected to both Chinese and French students, but the Chinese and French students are not connected to each other.

Juan Conducts a Social Network Analysis of Language Students at His