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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Networks. 2021 Jun 18;68:148–178. doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2021.05.002

Table 3.

Summary of Best Imputation Options for Centralization Measures.

Measure Directed or Undirected Non-response Type Size and Centralization Best Imputation Option
Degree Std Undirected Any Any Any strategy except Listwise Deletion
Bon Power Std Undirected Any Small Model-Baseda
Bon Power Std Undirected Any Medium/Large Listwise Deletion
Closeness Std Undirected Any Any Model-Based
Betweenness Std Undirected Any Any Any strategy except Listwise Deletion
Indegree Std Directed Any Any Model-Based (complex)
Total Degree Std Directed Any Any Model-Based (complex) or Symmetric
Bon Power Std Directed Any Any Model-Based
Closeness Std Directed Central Nodes Decentralized Model-Based (complex) or Symmetric
Closeness Std Directed Less Central Nodes Decentralized Symmetric or Probabilistic
Closeness Std Directed Any Centralized Probabilistic or Listwise Deletion
Betweenness Std Directed Any Decentralized Model-Based or Symmetric
Betweenness Std Directed Any Centralized Model-Based or Probabilistic

Notes.

a:

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