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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 4.

Summary of Best Imputation Options for Topology Measures.

Measure	Directed or Undirected	Non-response Type	Size and Centralization	Best Imputation Option
Component	Undirected	Central Nodes	Any	Model-based^a
Bicomponent
Distance
Component	Undirected	Less Central	Any	Symmetric
Bicomponent
Distance	Undirected	Less Central	Any	Any strategy except Listwise Deletion
Transitivity	Undirected	Any	Decentralized	Model-based (simple)
Transitivity	Undirected	Any	Centralized	Listwise Deletion
Tau	Undirected	Any	Any	Model-based
CONCOR	Undirected	Central Nodes	Any	Any strategy except Listwise Deletion
CONCOR	Undirected	Less Central	Any	Symmetric
Component	Directed	Any	Any	Model-based
Bicomponent
Distance	Directed	Central Nodes	Any	Model-based or Symmetric
Distance	Directed	Less Central	Any	Probabilistic or Symmetric
Transitivity	Directed	Any	Any	Asymmetric or Listwise Deletion
Tau	Directed	Any	Any	Probabilistic
CONCOR	Directed	Any	Any	Any strategy, including Listwise Deletion

Notes.

^a:

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