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W Scott Comulada1, Stephen Q Muth, Carl A Latkin
1Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, United States; scomulad@ucla.edu.
Abstract:
We extend multi-level models to examine single egocentric network ties to the joint analysis of paired dynamic ties. Two analytic challenges are addressed. First, inference needs to account for multiple layers of nesting: ties are nested within pairs, pairs are nested within time points, and time points are nested within egos. Second, the focus is on the relationship between two dynamic ties; specification of outcome and predictor may be difficult. Instead, we treat both ties as outcomes. Our approach is used to analyze trust and reported drug use between egos and alters over time in a Bayesian framework.
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