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An R package for network centrality
https://schochastics.github.io/netrankr/
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value of returning rank interval midpoints #12

Closed corybrunson closed 9 months ago

corybrunson commented 2 years ago

This is more interpretative a question and not a review condition. rank_intervals() returns not only the intervals of each node's centrality rank range but their midpoints, which are NB'd to be different from the nodes' expected ranks. I gather that they are also not, in general, the nodes' median ranks. Are the midpoints theoretically interesting, or are they just a plotting convenience to anchor the intervals?

In case they are not intrinsically interesting, i would expect them to be more often than not misinterpreted or at least accorded undue importance by analysts, and i would suggest reconsidering them. (I apologize if this is explained in one of the papers; i have not read them thoroughly.)

Part of this JOSS review.

schochastics commented 2 years ago

This is a very good point and actually has been misinterpreted by some. I will change this in the next CRAN submission

corybrunson commented 2 years ago

Aha, good to know, and thank you. I'll leave the issue for you to close upon this change. : )