Hostname: page-component-74656f9884-8r8nv Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-09T13:11:55.160Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

On Small World Statistics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Stephen E. Fienberg  and
S. Keith Lee
Stephen E. Fienberg
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
S. Keith Lee
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

The small-world problem revolves around the tracing of a line of acquaintances linking any two persons chosen at random. This paper discusses the statistical analysis of data arising out of two experimental studies of the small-world problem. The estimation of parameters in two previously proposed models is discussed, and the goodness-of-fit of these models is considered.

Information

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , June 1975 , pp. 219 - 228
Copyright
Copyright © 1975 The Psychometric Society

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Korte, C. and Milgram, S.. Acquaintance networks between racial groups: Application of the small world method. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1970, 15, 101–108.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Milgram, S.. The small world problem. Psychology Today, 1967, 22, 61–67.Google Scholar
Travers, J. and Milgram, S.. An experimental study of ‘the small world problem’. Sociometry, 1969, 32, 425–443.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
White, H. C.. Search parameters for the small world problem. Social Forces, 1970, 49, 259–264.CrossRefGoogle Scholar