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Confirmatory blockmodeling
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<p>Confirmatory blockmodeling is a <a href="/facts/Deductive_analysis/wy4veysT">deductive</a> approach in <a href="/facts/Blockmodeling/mQtuvX0f">blockmodeling</a>, where a <a href="/facts/Blockmodel/rTtN38Sb">blockmodel</a> (or part of it) is prespecify before the analysis, and then the analysis is fit to this model. When only a part of analysis is prespecify (like individual cluster(s) or location of the block types), it is called <i>partially confirmatory blockmodeling</i>.: 26–27 </p><p>This is so-called indirect approach, where the blockmodeling is done on the blockmodel fitting (e.g., <i>a priori</i> hypothesized blockmodel).: 215 </p><p>Opposite approach to the confirmatory blockmodeling is an <a href="/facts/Inductive_analysis/KxAPqNrH">inductive</a> <a href="/facts/Exploratory_blockmodeling/E9xkHXPN">exploratory blockmodeling</a>.: 27 </p>