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My closest relationship is with “Yur Mama”: Data quality in the CHIP50 ego network module Cover

My closest relationship is with “Yur Mama”: Data quality in the CHIP50 ego network module

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|Nov 2025

Figures & Tables

Frequency of problematic responses by type_

Type of responseNumber of respondents
Non-agent alters
Numbers61
Companies38
Words53
Random text42
Random keystrokes8
Invalid alters
Duplicates2,631
No one148
Self57
Collective310
Deity129
Celebrity32
Pet9
Inconsistent responses
Parent alters514
Child alters130
Politics770

Demographic and ego network characteristics of the unweighted raw and cleaned samples_

CharacteristicRaw sampleCleaned sampleTest
N 25,18320,901
Age48.52 (16.45)49.25 (16.59) t = −4.73, p < 0.01
Income62356.32 (74385.01)62202.57 (72801.71) t = 0.22, p = 0.82
Urbanicity2.93 (1.58)2.97 (1.58) t = −2.52, p = 0.01
Education3.22 (1.07)3.23 (1.06) t = −1.41, p = 0.16
Male0.460.46 t = 1.65, p = 0.1
Single0.320.31 t = 1.36, p = 0.17
Race
White0.680.71 χ 2 = 35.88, p < 0.01
African American0.150.14
Hispanic0.070.07
Asian American0.050.05
Other0.020.02
Pacific Islander0.020.01
Native American< 0.01< 0.01
State (selected)
CA0.050.05 χ 2 = 20.39, p = 1
FL0.040.04
NY0.040.03
TX0.040.04
GA0.030.02
Network characteristics
Size4.57 (1.03)4.55 (1.05) t = 1.38, p = 0.17
Frequency3.49 (0.93)3.44 (0.91) t = 4.93, p < 0.01
Kin0.85 (0.19)0.85 (0.19) t = −0.03, p = 0.98
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/connections-2025-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2816-4245 | Journal ISSN: 0226-1766
Language: English
Page range: 56 - 65
Submitted on: Aug 22, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 21, 2025
Published on: Nov 12, 2025
Published by: International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Zachary P. Neal, Jennifer Watling Neal, published by International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
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