b1cov-ergmTerm {ergm}R Documentation

Main effect of a covariate for the first mode in a bipartite network

Description

This term adds a single network statistic for each quantitative attribute or matrix column to the model equaling the total value of attr(i) for all edges /eqn(i,j) in the network. This term may only be used with bipartite networks. For categorical attributes, see b1factor .

Usage

# binary: b1cov(attr)

# valued: b1cov(attr, form="sum")

Arguments

attr

quantitative attribute (see Specifying Vertex attributes and Levels (?nodal_attributes) for details.)

form

character how to aggregate tie values in a valued ERGM

Note

ergm versions 3.9.4 and earlier used different arguments for this term. See ergm-options for how to invoke the old behaviour.

See Also

ergmTerm for index of model terms currently visible to the package.

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