expressions {fmds}R Documentation

Facial Expressions Data

Description

Dissimilarities represent the correspondence in facial expressions. 30 students rated the dissimilarity between 13 female portraits (photographs) on a 9-point scale. The dissimilarities are the means of the re-scaled values obtained by the method of successive intervals.

Usage

expressions

Format

13 x 16 matrix. The first 13 x 13 matrix is a dissimilarity matrix

References

Abelson and Sermat (1962). Multidimensional scaling of facial expressions. Journal of experimental psychology, 63(6), 546-554. Diederich, Messick, and Tucker (1957). A general least squares solution for successive intervals. Psychometrika, 22(2), 159-173. Woodworth (1938). Experimental psychology. New York, Holt. Engen, Levy, and Schlosberg (1958). The dimensional analysis of a new series of facial expressions. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 55(5), 454-458.


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