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friendship paradox: a standalone construct

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the pattern that most people have fewer friends than their friends have on average, because popular people are overcounted.

In network science, friendship paradox refers to the pattern that most people have fewer friends than their friends have on average, because popular people are overcounted. This meaning comes from Feld (1991) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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  1. Feld, S. L. (1991). Why Your Friends Have More Friends Than You Do. American Journal of Sociology, 96(6), 1464-1477. https://doi.org/10.1086/229693

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