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. 2012 Jan 13;27(2):226–236. doi: 10.1093/her/cyr113

Table III.

T-test for variation in network properties by participant type (n = 163), Los Angeles, CA, 2009

Network properties Participant type
t-statistics
PL and F2F
OY
Mean SD Mean SD
MySpace network
    Degree centrality 4.66 4.97 8.90 6.31 3.83***
    Between centrality 68.80 118.90 83.06 165.40 0.52
    Eigen centrality 0.04 0.05 0.08 0.06 3.79***
    Percent homophily by age 29.87 32.22 40.48 27.87 1.58
    Percent homophily by gender 50.03 36.22 52.89 26.46 0.39
Facebook network
    Degree centrality 3.11 2.52 3.48 2.62 0.38
    Between centrality 39.65 91.65 24.15 44.52 −0.49
    Eigen centrality 0.03 0.05 0.12 0.15 2.75**
    Percent homophily by age 44.05 30.70 51.11 48.77 0.39
    Percent homophily by gender 38.89 23.34 59.42 38.81 1.81

***P < 0.001 and **P < 0.01.