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network analysis - Why do normalized centrality values the exceed 0-1 range?

Hi JASP users,

I ran a network analysis on 4 nodes (continuous variables). I chose EBICglasso estimator. Under the Analysis option, I chose 'Cor', and the 'Normalized' option under centrality measures. The centrality plot however showed negative values such as -0.912 and also positive values such as 1.301 for other nodes.

I think normalized values are supposed to be between 0 and 1 (?)

I'd appreciate it if anyone could explain this to me and how to interpret negative values of centrality measures if the negative values that I got are not a result of an error.

Thank you,

MB

Comments

  • I've asked the team!

    EJ

  • Hi MB,


    The values are normalized by subtracting the mean and dividing by the standard deviation (i.e., they are z-scores). So there is no need for them to lie between 0 and 1.

    Hope that helps,

    Don

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