IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/cup/jexpos/v11y2024i2p191-201_7.html

Experimental Methods for Measuring Social Networks without Censoring

Author

Listed:
  • Morton, Rebecca
  • Patacchini, Eleonora
  • Pin, Paolo
  • Rogers, Jonathan
  • Rosenblat, Tanya

Abstract

We elicit social networks among students in an Italian high school either by measuring the complete network in an incentive-compatible way or by using a truncated elicitation of at most five links. We find that truncation undercounts weak links by up to 90% but only moderately undercounts the time spent with strong friends. We use simulations to demonstrate that the measurement error induced by censoring might be particularly significant when studying phenomena such as social learning which are often thought to operate along weak ties. We then discuss how a modified network elicitation protocol might be able to reduce measurement error.

Suggested Citation

  • Morton, Rebecca & Patacchini, Eleonora & Pin, Paolo & Rogers, Jonathan & Rosenblat, Tanya, 2024. "Experimental Methods for Measuring Social Networks without Censoring," Journal of Experimental Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 11(2), pages 191-201, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jexpos:v:11:y:2024:i:2:p:191-201_7
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2052263023000234/type/journal_article
    File Function: link to article abstract page
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:cup:jexpos:v:11:y:2024:i:2:p:191-201_7. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Kirk Stebbing (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.cambridge.org/xps .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.