Threats to the validity of eye-movement research in psychology

ORQUIN, Jacob L. and Keneth Bo-Ingvar HOLMQVIST. Threats to the validity of eye-movement research in psychology. Behavior Research Methods. Springer New York LLC, 2018, vol. 50, No 4, p. 1645-1656. ISSN 1554-351X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-017-0998-z.

Basic information

• Original name: Threats to the validity of eye-movement research in psychology
• Authors: ORQUIN, Jacob L. (208 Denmark) and Keneth Bo-Ingvar HOLMQVIST (752 Sweden, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Behavior Research Methods, Springer New York LLC, 2018, 1554-351X.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50902 Social sciences, interdisciplinary
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 4.063
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/18:00109776
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-017-0998-z
• UT WoS: 000440459100022
• Keywords in English: Eyetracking; Best practice; Experimental design; Data analysis; Researcher degrees of freedom; Internal validity; External validity
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Eyetracking research in psychology has grown exponentially over the past decades, as equipment has become cheaper and easier to use. The surge in eyetracking research has not, however, been equaled by a growth in methodological awareness, and practices that are best avoided have become commonplace. We describe nine threats to the validity of eyetracking research and provide, whenever possible, advice on how to avoid or mitigate these challenges. These threats concern both internal and external validity and relate to the design of eyetracking studies, to data preprocessing, to data analysis, and to the interpretation of eyetracking data.