Calculate Network Target Statistics — calc

Calculates network targets given, at minimum, a starting network, a list of parameters calculated from data, plus desired ERGM term and attribute. Function currently supports calculations for edges, nodefactor, nodematch, absdiff, and concurrent ERGM terms. Edges, nodefactor, and nodematch terms additionally require a joint distribution (default = age and race) of parameters for calculations, although these can be summed to output the marginal targets (e.g. nodefactor(~age))

Usage

calc_targets(
  nw,
  params,
  rel,
  count_type,
  attr_name = NULL,
  joint_attrs = c("age", "race"),
  inst_correct = FALSE,
  level = NULL,
  attr_squared = FALSE,
  time_unit = "weeks"
)

Arguments

nw: the network object outputted from "generate_init_network" (usually already in environment during workflow)
params: the parameter list object with parameters information for all networks estimated from data
rel: string, which relationship/network sub-lists to pull parameters from.
count_type: string, which ERGM term to generate targets for. Currently can only be in the form "edges", "nodefactor", "nodematch", "absdiff_sqrt_age", or "concurrent".
attr_name: string of length 1, used for nodefactor and nodematch targets. If NULL, produces targets based on the two joint_attrs specifed
joint_attrs: string of length 2, the two attrs used to calculate joint distribution of estimates calculated from empirical data
inst_correct: default = FALSE, if TRUE, adjust year-long cumulative reporting of one-time partnerships to daily or weekly counts
level: additional statification for nodedov target calculation function
attr_squared: for nodecov target calculation, use squared version of attribute? (usually, age)
time_unit: default = "weeks", the desired time unit for inst reporting conversion