Citation

Marsden PV. Soc. Netw. 1981; 3(1): 1-27.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0378-8733(81)90002-2

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper outlines and illustrates the application of loglinear models for characterizing the structural parameters of groups, as conceptualized by Blau (1974, 1977). Models for nominal parameters are those in which an ingroup outgroup distinction is embodied. Models for graduated parameters introduce distance effects. These models appear to be useful supplements to spatial techniques for identifying patterns of differential association, and they have implications for the calculation of proximity estimators in the use of those techniques.