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Published in final edited form as: Soc Networks. 2021 Jun 18;68:148–178. doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2021.05.002

Table 2.

Summary of Best Imputation Options for Centrality Measures.

Measure	Directed or Undirected	Non-response Type	Size and Centralization	Best Imputation Option
Degree	Undirected	Any	Any	Any strategy except Listwise Deletion
Bon Power	Undirected	Central Nodes	Any	Model-Based^a
Betweenness
Closeness
Bon Power	Undirected	Less Central Nodes	Any	Any strategy except Listwise Deletion
Betweenness
Closeness
Indegree	Directed	Central Nodes	Any	Probabilistic
Indegree	Directed	Less Central Nodes	Any	Probabilistic, Listwise Deletion or Asymmetric
Total Degree	Directed	Any	Any	Asymmetric or Probabilistic
Bon Power	Directed	Any	Any	Probabilistic, Symmetric or Asymmetric
Closeness	Directed	Any	Any	Model-Based
Betweenness	Directed	Any	Any	Probabilistic

Notes.

^a:

The model-based approach is assumed to correspond to complex or simple unless explicitly noted.