Table 2

Facial action coding scores measured after three stimulus slides

Participant expression
SurpriseFrownSmile
First stimulus slide (cartoon)
 Absolute agreement92%85%80%
 95% limits−6.5 to 5.8−2.6 to 3.1−6 to 5
 κ (weighted)0.232 (0.04–0.43)0.253 (0.06–0.44)0.265 (0.08–0.45)
Second stimulus slide (lady)
 Absolute agreement71%46%72%
 95% limits−9.1 to 10.6−3.4 to 4.2−8.5 to 15.1
 κ (weighted)0.064 (0–0.27)0.05 (0–0.24)0.12 (0–0.25)
Third stimulus slide (sad)
 Absolute agreement75%70%83%
 95% limits−5.2 to 6.3−3.5 to 4.4−6.7 to 5.7
 κ (weighted)0.126 (0–0.31)0.04 (0–0.25)0.22 (0–0.37)