Confirmatory blockmodeling is a deductive approach in blockmodeling, where a blockmodel (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 partially confirmatory blockmodeling.: 26–27 

This is so-called indirect approach, where the blockmodeling is done on the blockmodel fitting (e.g., a priori hypothesized blockmodel).: 215 

Opposite approach to the confirmatory blockmodeling is an inductive exploratory blockmodeling.: 27 

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See also

  • prespecific blockmodeling

Structure of confirmatory analysis of model structure. Structure of

Diagram of the confirmatory factor model. Download Scientific Diagram

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Confirmatory Models. Download Scientific Diagram

Confirmatory Factor Models. We drew path diagrams for the confirmatory