So for example, participants might rate that lack of studying is very likely to lead to exam failure, or that bad luck has little impact. One of the fundamental principles underlying network analysis is that individuals have common (consensual) explanations for everyday social events (Moscovici & Hewstone, 1983, p. 115). Network analysis is a quantitative methodology, and as such, the findings can be displayed pictorially in order to demonstrate the relationships of links to one another.