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2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
A Comparison of χ 2 Metrics for the Assessment of Relational Similarities in Affiliation Networks
Authors : Maria Rosaria D’Esposito, Domenico De Stefano, Giancarlo Ragozini
Published in: Analysis and Modeling of Complex Data in Behavioral and Social Sciences
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
Factorial techniques are widely used in Social Network Analysis to analyze and visualize networks. When the purpose is to represent the relational similarities, simple correspondence analysis is the most frequent used technique. However, in the case of affiliation networks, its use can be criticized because the involved χ
2 distance does not adequately reflect the actual relational patterns. In this paper we perform a simulation study to compare the metric involved in Correspondence Analysis with respect to the one in Multiple Correspondence Analysis. Analytical results and simulation outcomes show that Multiple Correspondence Analysis allows a proper graphical appraisal of the underlying two-mode relational structure.