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Some analyses of data from eye‐contact studies
Author(s) -
Hargreaves C. P.,
Fuller M. F.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1984.tb00611.x
Subject(s) - eye contact , psychology , association (psychology) , social psychology , regression analysis , econometrics , cognitive psychology , optometry , statistics , developmental psychology , mathematics , medicine , psychotherapist
The hypothesis that eye‐contact is a chance product of independent individual looking is assessed using regression models. An index of eye‐contact is proposed that takes into account the mathematical constraints on the possible duration of eye‐contact given the levels of looking. These constraints are shown to have a substantial effect on the association between actual and expected eye‐contact. Doubts are raised about the theoretical chance model; conclusions about the model depend on whether the effects of the constraints are taken into account.