Table 2.
Relative efficiency of the MPLE, and the MBLE with respect to the MLE
| Natural Parameterization | Mean Value Parameterization | |||||||||||
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| Original | Increased Transitivity | Original | Increased Transitivity | |||||||||
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| Parameter | MLE | MPLE | MBLE | MLE | MPLE | MBLE | MLE | MPLE | MBLE | MLE | MPLE | MBLE |
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Structural
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| edges | 1 | 0.80 | 0.94 | 1 | 0.66 | 0.80 | 1 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 1 | 0.15 | 0.20 |
| GWESP | 1 | 0.64 | 0.68 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 1 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 1 | 0.19 | 0.24 |
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Nodal
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| seniority | 1 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 1 | 0.78 | 0.83 | 1 | 0.22 | 0.30 | 1 | 0.17 | 0.22 |
| practice | 1 | 0.91 | 0.96 | 1 | 0.72 | 0.77 | 1 | 0.19 | 0.27 | 1 | 0.12 | 0.16 |
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Homophily
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| practice | 1 | 0.91 | 0.96 | 1 | 0.94 | 1.01 | 1 | 0.23 | 0.32 | 1 | 0.15 | 0.19 |
| gender | 1 | 0.81 | 0.91 | 1 | 0.78 | 0.86 | 1 | 0.23 | 0.31 | 1 | 0.17 | 0.22 |
| office | 1 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.79 | 0.87 | 1 | 0.23 | 0.32 | 1 | 0.15 | 0.20 |