Analytic Strategies for Longitudinal Networks with Missing Data

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• Alternative Title:
  Soc Networks
• Personal Author:
  de la Haye, Kayla ; Embree, Joshua ; Punkay, Marc ; Espelage, Dorothy L. ; Tucker, Joan S. ; Green, Harold D.
• Description:
  Missing data are often problematic when analyzing complete longitudinal social network data. We review approaches for accommodating missing data when analyzing longitudinal network data with stochastic actor-based models. One common practice is to restrict analyses to participants observed at most or all time points, to achieve model convergence. We propose and evaluate an alternative, more inclusive approach to sub-setting and analyzing longitudinal network data, using data from a school friendship network observed at four waves (| =694). Compared to standard practices, our approach retained more information from partially observed participants, generated a more representative analytic sample, and led to less biased model estimates for this case study. The implications and potential applications for longitudinal network analysis are discussed.
• Subjects:
  Analytic Sample Article Friendship Network Longitudinal Analysis SIENA Social Networks Stochastic Actor-based Models
• Source:
  Soc Networks. 50:17-25.
• Pubmed ID:
  28983146
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5624335
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 DA033280/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; U49 CE001268/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  50
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a1b972b7b5a68584a8e5741c9d83d4d0bf306632eb14c7b43625c8f76ad02a8f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49159/cdc_49159_DS1.pdf
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