Uses and limitations of dichotomous aggregate relational data

DS Baum, PV Marsden - Social Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Aggregate relational data (ARD) on relationships between individuals and subgroups have
been informative for studying egocentric network size and degree distributions, assessing …

Using the network scale-up method to characterise kidney trafficking in Kalai Upazila, Bangladesh

MH Li, Y Yu, AB Siddique, N Lee, MR Haque… - BMJ global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of illegal kidney sales in Kalai Upazila,
Bangladesh, using the Network Scale-Up Method (NSUM), an ego-centric network survey …

A sample size formula for Network Scale-Up studies

N Josephs, DM Feehan… - Sociological Methods & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The network scale-up method (NSUM) is a survey-based method for estimating the number
of individuals in a hidden or hard-to-reach subgroup of a general population. In NSUM …

Estimating active cases of COVID-19

J Álvarez, C Baquero, E Cabana, JP Champati… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Having accurate and timely data on active COVID-19 cases is challenging, since it depends
on the availability of an appropriate infrastructure to perform tests and aggregate their …

Comparing the Robustness of Simple Network Scale-Up Method (NSUM) Estimators

JP Kunke, I Laga, X Niu, TH McCormick - arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.07490, 2023 - arxiv.org
The network scale-up method (NSUM) is a cost-effective approach to estimating the size or
prevalence of a group of people that is hard to reach through a standard survey. The basic …

Estimating Temporal Trends using Indirect Surveys

A Srivastava, JM Ramirez, S Diaz, J Aguilar… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Indirect surveys, in which respondents provide information about other people they know,
have been proposed for scenarios where privacy is important or where the population to be …

A correlated network scale-up model: Finding the connection between subpopulations

I Laga, L Bao, X Niu - Journal of the American Statistical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Aggregated Relational Data (ARD), formed from “How many X's do you know?”
questions, is a powerful tool for learning important network characteristics with incomplete …

[HTML][HTML] Further Exploring the Public Health Implications of the Network Scale-Up Method: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

L Jing, H Yu, Q Lu - JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2024 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background The decline in the number of new HIV infections among adults has slowed
down, gradually becoming the biggest obstacle to achieving the 2030 target of ending the …

Nowcasting Temporal Trends Using Indirect Surveys

A Srivastava, JM Ramirez, S Díaz-Aranda… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - ojs.aaai.org
Indirect surveys, in which respondents provide information about other people they know,
have been proposed for estimating (nowcasting) the size of a hidden population where …

Performance Analysis of NSUM Estimators in Social-Network Topologies

S Díaz-Aranda, J Aguilar, JM Ramírez… - The American …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Network Scale-up Methods (NSUM) are methods to estimate unknown
populations based on indirect surveys in which the participants provide information about …