Egocentric Network Data Analysis with ERGMs at Sunbelt 2023

Workshop

By Michał Bojanowski & Pavel Krivitsky in workshop

June 23, 2023

Abstract

Theory and practice of fitting Exponential-family Random Graph Models to egocentrically sampled network data. Together with Statnet team.

Date

June 28, 2023

Time

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Location

Portland, OR, USA

Event

The workshop will be held in-person. Description:

This workshop provides an introduction to analyzing egocentrically sampled data with exponential-family random graph models (ERGMs) for statistical network analysis. It is a hands-on workshop demonstrating how to fit, diagnose and simulate both static and dynamic ERG models from such data, using the ergm.ego package, part of the integrated Statnet software collection in R. Topics covered in this session include:

  • a review of approaches to analyzing egocentrically sampled data
  • an overview of the statistical theory that supports the use of ERGMs for egocentrically sampled networks
  • defining and fitting ERGMs to egocentric data
  • interpreting model coefficients
  • checking goodness-of-fit and model adequacy
  • simulating complete networks from the specified ERG models.

This workshop assumes basic familiarity with R, experience with network concepts, terminology and data, and familiarity with the basic principles of statistical modeling and inference. Previous experience with ERGMs is not required, but is strongly recommended (the introductory ERGM workshop is a good place to start).

Posted on:
June 23, 2023
Length:
1 minute read, 161 words
Categories:
workshop
Tags:
networks ergm statnet
See Also:
Network Modeling for Empirically-Oriented ABMs
Social Network Analysis with R
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