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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Stat Assoc. 2012 Jan 1;105(489):59–70. doi: 10.1198/jasa.2009.ap08518

Table 1.

Strengths and weaknesses of methods for estimating person network size.

Method embeddable in survey statistical modeling
reverse small-world method no no
summation method yes no
diary method no no
phonebook/scale-up method yes yes