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homophily-contagion confounding: a standalone construct

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Network science

the result that in observational network data, influence between ties cannot in general be separated from latent similarity that drove the ties.

In network science, homophily-contagion confounding refers to the result that in observational network data, influence between ties cannot in general be separated from latent similarity that drove the ties. This meaning comes from Shalizi (2011) in Sociological Methods & Research.[1]

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homophily1 fields · 3 citationsanchor · a standalone construct influence5 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs latent4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Shalizi, C. R., & Thomas, A. C. (2011). Homophily and Contagion Are Generically Confounded in Observational Social Network Studies. Sociological Methods & Research, 40(2), 211-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124111404820

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