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 |
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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.