. do example.do . * nwcommands tutorial 16: valued networks . * Requires the core nwcommands. . nwwebuse sampson, nwclear . . * 1. A valued network: how many times was a pair named? . nwsymmetrize samplike, generate(likes) . nwsummarize likes -------------------------------------------------- Network name: likes Network id: 5 Directed: false Valued: true Two-mode: false Nodes: 18 Selfloop: false Edges: 60 Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 3 Density: .392 Temporal: false . . * 2. A network from an edge list with a value variable . clear . input str5 ego str5 alter int mails ego alter mails 1. "Ann" "Bob" 12 2. "Ann" "Cy" 1 3. "Bob" "Cy" 5 4. "Cy" "Dee" 2 5. "Dee" "Ann" 7 6. end . nwfromedge ego alter mails, name(mailnet) directed . nwsummarize mailnet -------------------------------------------------- Network name: mailnet Network id: 6 Directed: true Valued: true Two-mode: false Nodes: 4 Selfloop: false Arcs: 5 Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 12 Density: .417 Temporal: false . . * 3. Degree is strength for a valued network . nwwebuse sampson, nwclear . nwsymmetrize samplike, generate(likes) . nwdegree likes, generate(strength) ---------------------------------------- Network name: likes ---------------------------------------- (valued network: degree is the strength, the sum of the tie values; binary gives the number of tie > s) Degree distribution strength | Freq. Percent Cum. ------------+----------------------------------- 9 | 1 5.56 5.56 10 | 3 16.67 22.22 11 | 2 11.11 33.33 12 | 1 5.56 38.89 13 | 6 33.33 72.22 14 | 2 11.11 83.33 18 | 1 5.56 88.89 22 | 1 5.56 94.44 23 | 1 5.56 100.00 ------------+----------------------------------- Total | 18 100.00 Mean number of ties (out): 6.667 mean strength (out): 13.44 Degree centralization: .632 . nwdegree likes, generate(ties) binary ---------------------------------------- Network name: likes ---------------------------------------- (valued network, tie values not used: degree is the number of ties) Degree distribution ties | Freq. Percent Cum. ------------+----------------------------------- 4 | 1 5.56 5.56 5 | 4 22.22 27.78 6 | 5 27.78 55.56 7 | 3 16.67 72.22 8 | 3 16.67 88.89 10 | 1 5.56 94.44 11 | 1 5.56 100.00 ------------+----------------------------------- Total | 18 100.00 Mean number of ties (out): 6.667 mean strength (out): 13.44 Degree centralization: .287 . summarize strength ties Variable | Obs Mean Std. dev. Min Max -------------+--------------------------------------------------------- strength | 18 13.44444 3.883937 9 23 ties | 18 6.666667 1.81497 4 11 . . * 4. Clustering, weighted and binary . nwclustering likes, generate(wclu) silent . nwclustering likes, generate(bclu) measure(binary) silent . summarize wclu bclu Variable | Obs Mean Std. dev. Min Max -------------+--------------------------------------------------------- wclu | 18 .5075819 .1789176 .225 .8888889 bclu | 18 .4925926 .17616 .2 .8333333 . . nwbetween likes, generate(wbtw) silent ---------------------------------------- Network name: likes ---------------------------------------- Betweenness centrality (shortest paths weighted by tie values: step cost 1/value^alpha, alpha = 1) . nwbetween likes, generate(bbtw) binary silent ---------------------------------------- Network name: likes ---------------------------------------- Betweenness centrality . correlate wbtw bbtw (obs=18) | wbtw bbtw -------------+------------------ wbtw | 1.0000 bbtw | 0.7912 1.0000 . . * 5. Dichotomize with a cutoff . nwdichotomize likes, threshold(2) generate(likes2) (120 changes made to likes) . nwsummarize likes2 -------------------------------------------------- Network name: likes2 Network id: 6 Directed: false Valued: false Two-mode: false Nodes: 18 Selfloop: false Edges: 37 Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 1 Density: .242 Temporal: false . nwdegree likes2, generate(deg2) ---------------------------------------- Network name: likes2 ---------------------------------------- Degree distribution deg2 | Freq. Percent Cum. ------------+----------------------------------- 2 | 1 5.56 5.56 3 | 5 27.78 33.33 4 | 8 44.44 77.78 5 | 1 5.56 83.33 6 | 1 5.56 88.89 7 | 2 11.11 100.00 ------------+----------------------------------- Total | 18 100.00 Degree centralization: .191 .