Key person designs: Logic and statistical modeling

Thomas E. Malloy*, Charles F. Bond, Sarit Pery, Avraham N. Kluger

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Abstract

A key person (KP) is an individual embedded in dyadic relationships in the core groups of life. Introduced are three research designs: the nomothetic, idiographic, and fixed-role Key Person Designs (KPD). Leveraging social relations modeling (SRM) of dyadic data, we introduce hypotheses and statistical methods for testing them with KPD. We developed a Monte Carlo simulation to determine if a KP is, in fact, statistically unusual vis-à-vis nonspecial others. We provide an empirical example. Hypotheses specified and modeling of KPD data are very general, and we discuss implications for inclusive methodology.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100119
JournalMethods in Psychology
Volume8
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2023

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Keywords

  • Inclusive methods
  • Key person designs
  • Multiple interaction designs
  • Social relations model

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