Michael, I don't have an answer, but I am curious to find out how you
measured the firmness of handshake: a Likert Scale? A dichotomous firm/limp?
What anlysis did you do, and how strong was the association? Is there a
possibility of expectancy effects (i.e., presumably you were the handshaker
and you had some idea of which students were better than others; how did you
deal with this?). Inquring minds want to know.
Marty Bourgeois
University of Wyoming
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Subject: Exams and handshakes
During this Summer term,I wanted to find out if the nature of the post-exam
handshake
would indicate to me
how well a student did on the exam. So after each exam,I shook the hands of
the male
students and I noted
that the students who made very high scores gave a firmer determinative
handshake than
those with average
scores.
I would like to find a method to use with the female students( a handshake
just does not
seem appropriate).
Should I analyze what type of hug I get from the female students?
Comments invited.
Michael Sylvester,Ph.D
Daytona
Beach,Florida
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