Richard Gonzalez
Center Director, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
Director, BioSocial Methods Collaborative, RCGD
Amos N Tversky Collegiate Professor, Psychology and Statistics, LSA
Professor of Marketing, Stephen M Ross School of Business
Professor of Integrative Systems and Design, College of Engineering
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| Address: | Research Center for Group Dynamics Institute for Social Research University of Michigan 426 Thompson Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 |
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Reviewing analytic models of dyadic social interaction
This paper discusses some issues relevant to the study of dyads and social interaction. We highlight some of our work on dyadic data analysis.
Griffin, D. & Gonzalez, R. (2003). Models of dyadic social interaction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences, 358, 573- 581. doi:10.1098/rstb.2002.1263 PMid:12689382 PMCid:1693140 (PDF)
Abstract
We discuss the logic of research designs for dyadic interaction and present statistical models with parameters that are tied to psychologically relevant constructs. Building on Karl Pearson’s classic nineteenthcentury statistical analysis of within-organism similarity, we describe several approaches to indexing dyadic interdependence and provide graphical methods for visualizing dyadic data. We also describe several statistical and conceptual solutions to the ‘levels of analytic’ problem in analysing dyadic data. These analytic strategies allow the researcher to examine and measure psychological questions of interdependence and social influence. We provide illustrative data from casually interacting and romantic dyads.
