rank.nonconformity-ergmTerm {ergm.rank}R Documentation

Nonconformity

Description

Measures the amount of "nonconformity" in the network: configurations where an ego ii ranks an alter jj over another alter kk, but ego ll ranks kk over jj .

Usage

# valued: rank.nonconformity(to, par)

Arguments

to

which controls to whom an ego may conform:

  • "all" (the default): Nonconformity to all egos is counted. A lower-than-chance value of this statistic and/or a negative coefficient implies a degree of consensus in the network.

  • "localAND": Nonconformity of ii to ego ll regarding the relative ranking of jj and kk is only counted if ii ranks ll over both jj and kk . A lower-than-chance value of this statistic and/or a negative coefficient implies a form of hierarchical transitivity in the network. This is the recommended form of local nonconformity (over "local1" and "local2" ).

  • "local1": Nonconformity of ii to ego ll regarding the relative ranking of jj and kk is only counted if ii ranks ll over jj .

  • "local2": Nonconformity of ii to ego ll regarding the relative ranking of jj and kk is only counted if ii ranks ll over kk .

  • "thresholds": Nonconformity of ii to ego ll regarding the relative ranking of jj and kk is only counted if ii ranks ll above par, where par can be a vector with multiple thresholds.

  • "geometric": Nonconformity of ii to ego ll regarding the relative ranking of jj and kk is weighted by par taken to the power of the rank of ll by ii , where par is a scalar.

par

additional parameters for some types of nonconformity.

See Also

ergmTerm for index of model terms currently visible to the package.

Keywords

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