This function creates an ego network through interactive interview questions.
It currently only supports a simplex, directed network of one
or two modes.
These directed networks can be reformatted as undirected using to_undirected().
Multiplex networks can be collected separately and then joined together
afterwards.
The function supports the use of rosters or a maximum number of alters to collect. If a roster is provided it will offer ego all names. The function can also prompt ego to interpret each node's attributes, or about how ego considers their alters to be related.
create_ego(
ego = NULL,
max_alters = Inf,
roster = NULL,
interpreter = FALSE,
interrelater = FALSE,
twomode = FALSE
)A character string. If desired, the name of ego can be declared as an argument. Otherwise the first prompt of the function will be to enter a name for ego.
The maximum number of alters to collect. By default infinity, but many name generators will expect a maximum of e.g. 5 alters to be named.
A vector of node names to offer as potential alters for ego.
Logical. If TRUE, then it will ask for which attributes to collect and give prompts for each attribute for each node in the network. By default FALSE.
Logical. If TRUE, then it will ask for the contacts from each of the alters perspectives too.
Logical. If TRUE, then it will assign ego to the first mode and all alters to a second mode.
Other makes:
make_cran,
make_create,
make_explicit,
make_learning,
make_motifs,
make_play,
make_random,
make_read,
make_stochastic,
make_write