Does the β-measure make empirical sense? A vignette experiment on humans’ judgment of social dominance

• Published in: Social networks Vol. 62; pp. 43 - 49
• Main Authors: Chiang, Yen-Sheng, Wang, Li-Ting
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.07.2020; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Athletes; Cognitive complexity; Court decisions; Dominance; Experiments; Gender differences; Humans; Parameter optimization; Research subjects; Score-measure; Social dominance; Social interaction; Social networks; Vignette experiment; β-Measure; Social dominance; Parameter optimization; Score-measure; β-Measure; Vignette experiment

•In a vignette study, we found evidence supporting the β-measure of social dominance.•People care about winning more than losing when judging a person’s social dominance.•When judging a person’s dominance, people consider what kinds of opponents s/he beats.•Men pay higher regards than women do to th...