rank.nonconformity-ergmTerm {ergm.rank}

Nonconformity

Description

Measures the amount of "nonconformity" in the network: configurations where an ego i ranks an alter j over another alter k, but ego l ranks k over j .

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 i to ego l regarding the relative ranking of j and k is only counted if i ranks l over both j and k . 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 i to ego l regarding the relative ranking of j and k is only counted if i ranks l over j .

• "local2": Nonconformity of i to ego l regarding the relative ranking of j and k is only counted if i ranks l over k .

• "thresholds": Nonconformity of i to ego l regarding the relative ranking of j and k is only counted if i ranks l above par, where par can be a vector with multiple thresholds.

• "geometric": Nonconformity of i to ego l regarding the relative ranking of j and k is weighted by par taken to the power of the rank of l by i , 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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