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Sequential Patterning in Family Interaction: A Methodological Note
Author(s) -
WAXLER NANCY E.,
MISHLER ELLIOT G.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1970.00211.x
Subject(s) - predictability , aggregate (composite) , psychology , cluster analysis , rigidity (electromagnetism) , group (periodic table) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , econometrics , computer science , artificial intelligence , mathematics , statistics , engineering , materials science , chemistry , structural engineering , organic chemistry , composite material
Participation rates have traditionally been used to indicate certain aspects of family and group structure. A recently reported indicator is the predictability of sequences of speakers in ongoing interaction; investigators have assumed that the greater the predictability the greater the rigidity, organization or structure of the group. We have examined one method, reported by Haley, for analyzing participation sequences and have shown that findings from the sequential analysis mix the effects of aggregate participation rates with the clustering of participation in time. We suggest an alternate method for measuring the predictability of sequences of speeches that can be more clearly interpreted and that, in combination with other measures, can provide findings which are more complex and more directly relevant to theories of family organization.