Confirmatory blockmodeling

Confirmatory blockmodeling is a deductive approach in blockmodeling, where a blockmodel (or part of it) is prespecify before the analysis, and then the analysis is fit to this model. When only a part of analysis is prespecify (like individual cluster(s) or location of the block types), it is called partially confirmatory blockmodeling. ^{[1] : 26–27}

This is so-called indirect approach, where the blockmodeling is done on the blockmodel fitting (e.g., a priori hypothesized blockmodel). ^{[2] : 215}

Opposite approach to the confirmatory blockmodeling is an inductive exploratory blockmodeling. ^{[1] : 27}

References

1. Doreian, Patrick; Batagelj, Vladimir; Ferligoj, Anuška (2004). Generalized Blockmodeling (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences). Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0-521-84085-6.
2. Aleš Žiberna, Generalized blockmodeling of valued networks (pospološeno bločno modeliranje omrežij z vrednostmi na povezavah: doktorska disertacija. Ljubljana: Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za družbene vede, 2007. URL: http://www2.arnes.si/~aziber4/blockmodeling/Dissertation-final-corrected.pdf.

See also

• prespecific blockmodeling