Inverse generalised spin models of answers to questionnaires (opens in new tab)

Network psychometrics conceptualises psychological constructs as emergent properties of systems of interacting variables. Energy-based probabilistic models have gained popularity as models of these interactions, but their psychometric application has so far been limited, since most implementations assume binary or ternary responses and rely on limiting inference assumptions. We infer and analyse three generalised spin models of ordinal questio...