MDSnet: MDSnet

In networktools: Tools for Identifying Important Nodes in Networks

MDSnet

Description

Convenience function for converting a qgraph object to a layout determined by multidimensional scaling

Usage

MDSnet(
  qgraph_net,
  type = c("ordinal", "interval", "ratio", "mspline"),
  MDSadj = NULL,
  stressTxt = F,
  repulse = F,
  repulsion = 1,
  mdsArgs = list(),
  ...
)

Arguments

qgraph_net	an object of type qgraph
type	transformation function for MDS, defaults to "ordinal"
MDSadj	to use a proximities matrix other than the adjacency matrix stored in qgraph_net, provide it in this argument
stressTxt	logical. Print the stress value in the lower left corner of the plot?
repulse	logical. Add a small repulsion force with wordcloud package to avoid node overlap?
repulsion	scalar for the repulsion force. Larger values add more repulsion
mdsArgs	additional arguments in list format passed to smacof::mds
...	additional arguments passed to qgraph

Details

A network plotted with multidimensional scaling can be interpreted based on the distances between nodes. Nodes close together represent closely associated nodes, whereas nodes that are far apart represent unassociated or negatively associated nodes.

References

Jones, P. J., Mair, P., & McNally, R. J. (2018). Visualizing psychological networks: A tutorial in R. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1742. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01742

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