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Four multiplex one-mode physician diffusion data (Coleman, Katz, and Menzel, 1966)

Description

Ron Burt prepared this data from Coleman, Katz and Menzel's 1966 study on medical innovation. They had collected data from physicians in four towns in Illinois: Peoria, Bloomington, Quincy and Galesburg. These four networks are held as separate networks in a list.

Coleman, Katz and Menzel were concerned with the impact of network ties on the physicians' adoption of a new drug, tetracycline. Data on three types of ties were collected in response to three questions:

• advice: "When you need information or advice about questions of therapy where do you usually turn?"

• discussion: "And who are the three or four physicians with whom you most often find yourself discussing cases or therapy in the course of an ordinary week – last week for instance?"

• friendship: "Would you tell me the first names of your three friends whom you see most often socially?"

Additional questions and records of prescriptions provided additional information:

• recorded date of tetracycline adoption date

• years in practice (note that these are {messydates}-compatible dates)

• conferences attended (those that attended "Specialty" conferences presumably also attended "General" conferences)

• regular subscriptions to medical journals

• free_time spent associating with doctors

• discussions on medical matters when with other doctors sociallyy

• memberships in clubs with other doctores

• number of top 3 friends that are doctors

• time practicing in current community

• patients load (ordinal)

• physical proximity to other physicians (in building/sharing office)

• medical specialty (GP/Internist/Pediatrician/Other)

Usage

data(ison_physicians)

Format

#> $Peoria
#> # A multiplex, directed network of 117 nodes and 543 friendship, advice, and
#> discussion arcs
#> 
#> -- Nodes
#> # A tibble: 117 x 12
#>   adoption specialty    conferences journals practice   community patients
#>      <dbl> <chr>        <chr>          <dbl> <chr>      <chr>     <chr>   
#> 1        1 Pediatrician Specialty          9 1920..1929 20+yrs    101-150 
#> 2       12 GP           None               5 1945..     -1yr      76-100  
#> 3        8 Internist    General            7 1935..1939 10-20yrs  76-100  
#> 4        9 GP           General            6 1940..1944 5-10yrs   51-75   
#> 5        9 GP           General            4 1935..1939 10-20yrs  51-75   
#> 6       10 Internist    None               7 1930..1934 10-20yrs  101-150 
#> # i 111 more rows
#> # i 5 more variables: doc_freetime <dbl>, doc_discuss <dbl>, doc_friends <dbl>,
#> #   doc_club <dbl>, doc_proximity <chr>
#> 
#> -- Ties
#> # A tibble: 543 x 3
#>    from    to type      
#>   <int> <int> <chr>     
#> 1     1     8 friendship
#> 2     1    58 friendship
#> 3     1    87 advice    
#> 4     1    90 advice    
#> 5     1   110 advice    
#> 6     1   112 friendship
#> # i 537 more rows
#> 
#> 
#> $Bloomington
#> # A multiplex, directed network of 50 nodes and 211 friendship, discussion, and
#> advice arcs
#> 
#> -- Nodes
#> # A tibble: 50 x 12
#>   adoption specialty conferences journals practice   community patients
#>      <dbl> <chr>     <chr>          <dbl> <chr>      <chr>     <chr>   
#> 1       98 Internist Specialty          8 1930..1934 10-20yrs  101-150 
#> 2        1 GP        General            3 1945..     5-10yrs   76-100  
#> 3       98 GP        Specialty          4 1930..1934 10-20yrs  101-150 
#> 4        7 Internist None               3 1945..     -1yr      26-50   
#> 5        6 Internist General            9 1935..1939 5-10yrs   76-100  
#> 6        1 GP        Specialty          5 1935..1939 10-20yrs  101-150 
#> # i 44 more rows
#> # i 5 more variables: doc_freetime <dbl>, doc_discuss <dbl>, doc_friends <dbl>,
#> #   doc_club <dbl>, doc_proximity <chr>
#> 
#> -- Ties
#> # A tibble: 211 x 3
#>    from    to type      
#>   <int> <int> <chr>     
#> 1     1     3 friendship
#> 2     1    10 discussion
#> 3     1    24 advice    
#> 4     1    44 advice    
#> 5     2     4 advice    
#> 6     2     6 advice    
#> # i 205 more rows
#> 
#> 
#> $Quincy
#> # A multiplex, directed network of 44 nodes and 174 advice, discussion, and
#> friendship arcs
#> 
#> -- Nodes
#> # A tibble: 44 x 12
#>   adoption specialty conferences journals practice   community patients
#>      <dbl> <chr>     <chr>          <dbl> <chr>      <chr>     <chr>   
#> 1        2 Internist None               6 1935..1939 10-20yrs  151+    
#> 2       18 GP        General            3 1920..1929 20+yrs    151+    
#> 3       18 Internist None               5 1945..     -1yr      -25     
#> 4        4 GP        General            3 1930..1934 20+yrs    151+    
#> 5       18 GP        Specialty          4 1935..1939 10-20yrs  151+    
#> 6        5 Internist General            5 ..1919     20+yrs    51-75   
#> # i 38 more rows
#> # i 5 more variables: doc_freetime <dbl>, doc_discuss <dbl>, doc_friends <dbl>,
#> #   doc_club <dbl>, doc_proximity <chr>
#> 
#> -- Ties
#> # A tibble: 174 x 3
#>    from    to type      
#>   <int> <int> <chr>     
#> 1     1     8 advice    
#> 2     1     9 advice    
#> 3     1    10 discussion
#> 4     1    13 friendship
#> 5     1    15 advice    
#> 6     1    22 discussion
#> # i 168 more rows
#> 
#> 
#> $Galesburg
#> # A multiplex, directed network of 35 nodes and 171 advice, discussion, and
#> friendship arcs
#> 
#> -- Nodes
#> # A tibble: 35 x 12
#>   adoption specialty conferences journals practice   community patients
#>      <dbl> <chr>     <chr>          <dbl> <chr>      <chr>     <chr>   
#> 1       18 GP        General            4 1935..1939 5-10yrs   101-150 
#> 2       18 GP        None               4 1935..1939 -1yr      151+    
#> 3        4 GP        General            6 1945..     2-5yrs    51-75   
#> 4        5 GP        None               4 1935..1939 10-20yrs  101-150 
#> 5        8 Internist General            6 1935..1939 5-10yrs   151+    
#> 6        4 Internist Specialty          8 ..1919     20+yrs    76-100  
#> # i 29 more rows
#> # i 5 more variables: doc_freetime <dbl>, doc_discuss <dbl>, doc_friends <dbl>,
#> #   doc_club <dbl>, doc_proximity <chr>
#> 
#> -- Ties
#> # A tibble: 171 x 3
#>    from    to type      
#>   <int> <int> <chr>     
#> 1     1     5 advice    
#> 2     1     6 advice    
#> 3     1    20 discussion
#> 4     1    23 discussion
#> 5     1    30 friendship
#> 6     1    31 friendship
#> # i 165 more rows
#> 

Source

{networkdata}

References

Coleman, James, Elihu Katz, and Herbert Menzel. 1966. Medical innovation: A diffusion study. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company.

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