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  • Psychological research methodology
  • Network analysis
  • Statistical modeling

Background:

  • Ordinal data, common in psychology (e.g., Likert scales), are increasingly used in network models.
  • Limited research exists on network estimation performance with ordinal data.
  • Evaluating established methods on ordinal data is crucial for reliable psychological network analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate and compare three network estimation methods (EBIC, BIC, MR) on ordinal data.
  • To assess the impact of data characteristics (thresholds, distribution, sample size, model size, density) on estimation performance.
  • To determine method suitability based on research goals (e.g., sensitivity, false positive rate, edge weight accuracy).

Main Methods:

  • Monte Carlo simulation study.
  • Compared extended Bayesian Information Criterion (EBIC) graphical lasso, Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) model selection, and multiple regression (MR) methods.
  • Evaluated performance using Pearson or polychoric correlations, varying data properties and assessing model structure (sensitivity, false positive rate) and edge weight bias.

Main Results:

  • The impact of treating data as ordinal versus continuous hinges on the number of scale levels.
  • Estimation performance was influenced by sample size, underlying data distribution shape, and threshold symmetry.
  • MR methods maximized sensitivity, BIC minimized false positives, and both yielded accurate edge weights in large samples.

Conclusions:

  • No single method is universally superior; method choice depends on research objectives (e.g., prioritizing sensitivity vs. minimizing false positives).
  • Sufficiently large sample sizes are important for accurate edge weight estimation.
  • Certain data/method combinations yield unstable results, highlighting the need for careful consideration in network analysis of ordinal psychological data.