Regression analyses as a tool for studying reading processes : comment on Just and Carpenter's eye fixation theory
- Just and Carpenter (1980) presented a theory of reading based on eye fixations wherein their "psycholinguistic" variables accounted for 72% of the variance in word gaze durations. This comment raises some statistical and theoretical problems with their use of simultaneous regression analysis of gaze duration measures and with the resulting theory of reading. A major problem was the confounding of perceptual with psycholinguistic factors. New eye fixation data are presented to support these criticisms. Analysis of fixations within words revealed that most gaze duration variance was contributed by number of fixations rather than by fixation duration.
Author details: | Reinhold KlieglORCiDGND, Richard K. Olsen, Brian J. Davidson |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-16857 |
Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (paper 042) |
Publication type: | Postprint |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 1982 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2008/03/19 |
Source: | Memory & Cognition. - 10 (1982), 3, p. 287 - 296. - ISSN 0090-502x |
Organizational units: | Extern / Extern |
Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie | |
DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
External remark: | first published in: Memory & Cognition - 10 (1982), 3, p. 287 - 296. ISSN: 0090-502x |