scholarly journals Capturing Behavior in Small Doses: A Review of Comparative Research in Evaluating Thin Slices for Behavioral Measurement

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora A. Murphy ◽  
Judith A. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Research ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Judgment Accuracy ◽  
Thin Slice ◽  
Decision Factors ◽  
Behavioral Coding ◽  
Behavioral Measurement ◽  
Thin Slices ◽  
Slice Method

Thin slices are used across a wide array of research domains to observe, measure, and predict human behavior. This article reviews the thin-slice method as a measurement technique and summarizes current comparative thin-slice research regarding the reliability and validity of thin slices to represent behavior or social constructs. We outline decision factors in using thin-slice behavioral coding and detail three avenues of thin-slice comparative research: (1) assessing whether thin slices can adequately approximate the total of the recorded behavior or be interchangeable with each other (representativeness); (2) assessing how well thin slices can predict variables that are different from the behavior measured in the slice (predictive validity), and (3) assessing how interpersonal judgment accuracy can depend on the length of the slice (accuracy-length validity). The aim of the review is to provide information researchers may use when designing and evaluating thin-slice behavioral measurement.

scholarly journals Reliability and Validity of Nonverbal Thin Slices in Social Interactions

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora A. Murphy ◽  
Judith A. Hall ◽  
Marianne Schmid Mast ◽  
Mollie A. Ruben ◽  
Denise Frauendorfer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Thin Slices

The Power of Non-Verbal Communication: Predicting Job Performance by Means of Thin Slices of Non-Verbal Behaviour

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 362-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deléne Visser ◽  
John D. L. Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Selection Method ◽  
Verbal Communication ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Call Centre ◽  
Thin Slice ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Verbal Behaviour ◽  
Audio Channel ◽  
Thin Slices

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether ratings of brief exposures to ‘non-verbal’ and ‘non-verbal plus verbal’ behaviour could successfully predict on-the-job performance in a call centre. A panel often judges who were exposed to 30-second silent video recordings of 29 call centre operators carrying out their jobs were asked to rate the non-verbal behaviour of the operators on several dimensions. Two weeks later they were asked to repeat their judgments with the audio channel included. The judgments were correlated with management ratings and customer ratings of the operators' performance. The correlations varied between 0.31 and 0.46, representing medium to large effect sizes. The inclusion of the verbal channel did not significantly improve the accuracy of the thin-slice judgments of non-verbal behaviour. The implications of using ratings of non-verbal behaviour as a selection method were discussed.

The Single Slice Method for Measurement of Axisymmetric Residual Stresses in Solid Rods or Hollow Cylinders in the Region of Plane Strain

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weili Cheng ◽  
lain Finnie
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Plane Strain ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Axial Stress ◽  
Strain Gages ◽  
Experimental Procedure ◽  
Thin Slice ◽  
Hollow Cylinders ◽  
Slice Method ◽  
Hoop Stresses

A new method is presented for the measurement of axisymmetric residual stresses in a solid rod or hollow cylinder in the region which is in a state of plane strain. The experimental procedure involves, first, making a complete transverse cut, normal to the axis of the part in the region which is initially in plane strain. Next, a number of strain gages are mounted on one of the faces produced by the first cut. A second transverse cut, parallel to the first, is then made to remove a thin slice containing the strain gages. It is shown that the change in strain gage readings due to removal of the slice may be used to deduce the axial stress in plane strain at the location of the first cut. The hoop stresses in the thin slice, which is in a state of plane stress, are readily obtained from the “crack compliance” procedure which we have described in earlier work. From this information and the initial axial stress in plane strain it is shown that the initial hoop and radial stresses in plane strain may be determined. The method is validated by obtaining the stresses in a water quenched rod which are shown to be in excellent agreement with those measured using a different experimental approach. Since the method does not require the measurement to be carried out on the original rod or cylinder, it allows the original residual stresses to be measured from a fractured shaft by making a slice near the plane of the fracture if the fracture is dominated by elastic deformation.

In a Flash: Thin Slice Judgment Accuracy of Leading and Trailing in Sports

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Furley ◽  
Geoffrey Schweizer
Keyword(s):  
Judgment Accuracy ◽  
Thin Slice

Thin-Slice Measurement of Personal Wisdom Among Chinese

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hark Huang ◽  
Haotian Zhang ◽  
Xing Fan ◽  
Zhe Feng ◽  
Chao S. Hu
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Job Interviews ◽  
Peer Ratings ◽  
Thin Slice ◽  
Personnel Assessment ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Personal Wisdom ◽  
Efficient Measure

Objective: This study aims to develop an objective and efficient measure of personal wisdom (i.e., excellence in both virtue and talents) for personnel assessment in practical contexts (e.g., elections, job interviews), testing the reliability and validity of a novel paradigm— the thin-slice measurement of personal wisdom— with a Chinese sample.Method: Participants consisted of 60 Chinese undergraduate students, aged 18 to 21 (M = 20.42, SD = 0.61) who rated each other on their personal wisdom, then were video recorded on how they would act in difficult friendship situations. The video-recordings and their transcripts were assessed by raters as measures of personal wisdom. Two years later, faculty members of the participants were recruited to report on the participants’ wisdom.Results: Inter-rater reliability was acceptable for all these measurements. Moreover, Pearson correlations among these measurements were all significantly positive. Specifically, the thin-slice video-based measurement of personal wisdom could predict both the peer-ratings and the faculty-ratings of wisdom. Finally, peer-ratings of wisdom were more strongly correlated with the video-based than the transcript-based thin-slice measurement. Conclusions: Thin-slice measurements of personal wisdom, especially the economic one based on videos (< 6 minutes), were preliminarily validated.

Using Thin Slices for Behavioral Coding

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora A. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Coding ◽  
Thin Slices

Pitch and Curvature Corrections for Helical Springs

1958 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 466-470
Author(s):  
C. J. Ancker ◽  
J. N. Goodier
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Coupling Effects ◽  
Round Cross Section ◽  
Thin Slice ◽  
Helical Springs ◽  
Slice Method ◽  
Round Cross

Abstract The tension and torsion helical springs of round cross section have been analyzed by a “thin-slice” method [1]. The effects of both curvature and pitch are included. The results of this analysis are given and discussed in this paper. Stresses, deflections, curvature changes, diametral contractions, and coupling effects are included.

Theory of Pitch and Curvature Corrections for the Helical Spring—I (Tension)

1958 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-483
Author(s):  
C. J. Ancker ◽  
J. N. Goodier
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Value Problem ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Boundary Value ◽  
Helical Spring ◽  
Algebraic Equations ◽  
Round Cross Section ◽  
Thin Slice ◽  
Axial Tension ◽  
Slice Method ◽  
Round Cross

Abstract The helical spring of round cross section loaded in axial tension is solved. Both pitch and curvature are considered. All deformations and stresses are obtained by a “thin-slice” method which reduces the variables from three to two. The form of the solution is deduced from considerations of symmetry. This knowledge, applied to the equations of the boundary-value problem, produces algebraic equations which are then solved.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document