Question

A researcher is investigating non-verbal cueing among professional poker players at a tournament. She wishes to use a method that records performance rather than behavior as her observational data. Which method might she consider?

a. Do players' facial muscles move after drawing a new card from the dealer?
b. Does a player who bluffs more also lose more money?
c. Is the time to make a decision related to the quality of a player's hand?
d. What do players say when converse over a dealt hand?

Answer 1

Answer: c. Is the time to make a decision related to the quality of a player's hand.

Explanation: in a poker game the time to make a decisions is when "the clock has been called", at this time, the player has a limited amount of time to make a decision. So at this point his hand is termed a dead hands, and this can determine how professional a player is, if his hands keep focused and stable or shaking.

The best way she can record their performance using non-verbal cueing is by observing their hands when the clock has been called (that's the time to make a decision ).

So she can table her research to be "How stable the hand is at the time to make a decision, determines how professional the player is".