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SUMMARY:Mitchell Centre Seminar Series - Scott Duxbury (University of Nor
 th Carolina\, Chapel Hill) - General Procedures for Micro-Macro Network 
 Analysis
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DESCRIPTION:How do interpersonal social interactions generate novel netwo
 rk structures? Historically researchers examined micro-macro linkages in
  social networks using simulation approaches\, especially empirically ca
 librated agent-based models grounded in generative models for network st
 ructure. The research presentation will review recent developments in st
 atistical procedures for testing micro-macro linkages. The micro effect 
 on macro structure (MEMS) approach defines target quantities that captur
 e the total contributions of a micro selection mechanism on a novel macr
 o structure. The talk will introduce the MEMS\, describe data and modeli
 ng requirements\, and estimation procedures. It will then dedicate consi
 derable time to positioning the MEMS in the counterfactual framework for
  causal inference. It will report new results showing that the MEMS has 
 close relationships to known causal quantities\, specifically the attrib
 utable effect of Rosenbaum (2001) and the population average overall cau
 sal effect in the treatment program framework of Halloran and Hudgens (2
 008). It will also show that the MEMs can be decomposed into direct\, to
 tal\, and indirect effects under ignorability assumptions common to caus
 al mediation analysis\, and that the MEMS supports a causal interpretati
 on under the "causes of effects" framework. Implications for conducting 
 causal inference using the MEMS are discussed\, along with limitations o
 f the current framework and directions for further research.
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:5.212\, University Place\, Manchester
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