Birds of a feather, or friend of a friend? using exponential random graph models to investigate adolescent social networks
University of Washington · Columbia University · +1 more institution
Abstract
In this article, we use newly developed statistical methods to examine the generative processes that give rise to widespread patterns in friendship networks. The methods incorporate both traditional demographic measures on individuals (age, sex, and race) and network measures for structural processes operating on individual, dyadic, and triadic levels. We apply the methods to adolescent friendship networks in 59 U.S. schools from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health). We model friendship formation as a selection process constrained by individuals' sociality (propensity to make friends), selective mixing in dyads (friendships within race, grade, or sex categories are differentially…
Citation impact
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- 15.74
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- 100%
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3Topics & keywords
- Exponential random graph models
- Exponential function
- Graph
- Exponential growth
- Random graph
- Computer science
- Psychology
- Mathematics