In this module we introduce the so-called friendship paradox and illustrate how it affects disease transmission on networks that exhibit this phenomenon.

You also need to download the input file degreesFP.txt that will be used in this module.

Level: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students of mathematics.

Requires: Module The replacement number.

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Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Winfried Just; Hannah Lea Callender; Drew LaMar (2015), "The friendship paradox," https://qubeshub.org/resources/378.

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1. disease transmission
2. epidemiology
3. IONTW
4. module
5. networks
6. network theory
7. Resources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference