Model Adequacy Checking/Goodness-of-Fit Testing for Behavior in Joint Dynamic Network/Behavior Models, with an Extension to Two-Mode Networks

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Cheng; Butts, Carter T.; Hipp, John; Lakon, Cynthia M.
Titel	Model Adequacy Checking/Goodness-of-Fit Testing for Behavior in Joint Dynamic Network/Behavior Models, with an Extension to Two-Mode Networks
Quelle	In: Sociological Methods & Research, 51 (2022) 4, S.1886-1919 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wang, Cheng)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0049-1241
DOI	10.1177/0049124120914933
Schlagwörter	Models; Goodness of Fit; Comparative Analysis; Computer Software; Behavior Patterns; Networks; Evaluation Methods; Simulation; Social Networks; Network Analysis; Smoking; Decision Making; Friendship; Gender Differences; Behavior Change; Music; Preferences; Monte Carlo Methods; Student Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies; United Kingdom (Glasgow) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analogiemodell; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Netzplantechnik; Rauchen; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Freundschaft; Geschlechterkonflikt; Musik; Monte-Carlo-Methode; Schülerverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung
Abstract	The recent popularity of models that capture the dynamic coevolution of both network structure and behavior has driven the need for summary indices to assess the adequacy of these models to reproduce dynamic properties of scientific or practical importance. Whereas there are several existing indices for assessing the ability of the model to reproduce network structure over time, to date there are few indices for assessing the ability of the model to reproduce individuals' behavior patterns. Drawing on the widely used strategy of assessing model adequacy by comparing index values summarizing features of the observed data to the distribution of those index values on simulated data from the fitted model, we propose four goals that a researcher could reasonably expect of a joint structure/behavior model regarding how well it captures behavior and describe indices for assessing each of these. These reasonably simple and easily implemented indices can be used for assessing model adequacy with any dynamic network models jointly working with networks and behavior, including the stochastic actor-based models implemented within software packages such as RSien version 1.2-24. We demonstrate the use of our indices with an empirical example to show how they can be employed in practical settings, with an additional extension to modeling affiliation dynamics in two-mode networks. Key scripts are provided in the Supplemental Document (which can be found at http://smr.sagepub.com/supplemental/). (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01