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. 2022 Apr 6;55(1):364–416. doi: 10.3758/s13428-021-01762-8

Table 5.

Features of eye-tracking experiments that were common to at least two existing reporting guidelines. Terminology used in this table is by necessity reduced, but as closely as possible quoted from each guideline publication. See original publications for details

McConkie (1981) Oakes (2010) Fiedler et al. (2019) Strohmeier et al. (2020) Carter & Luke (2020)
Eye tracker Details about the eye-tracking system Model / brand A precise description Model and make
Sampling rate Sampling rate Sampling rate Sampling rate Sampling rate
Seating Viewing distance Camera-Participant distance Stimulus-Participant distance Set-up, viewing distance
Head stabilization How head movements are dealt with Movement restrictions Chin-/Headrest used?
Calibration Calibration task & table Number & location of calibration points Calibration procedure Calibration, recalibrations
Accuracy Accuracy (multiple tests) Available information about accuracy Average accuracy Accuracy
Precision Noise characteristics Precision
Data loss Percentage Amount & reason Amount & reason
Exclusion Criteria & rationale Number & reason Criteria
Monitor Visual angle of display Visual angle (width/height) Size & resolution Framerate Make, model, size & resolution
Blink algorithm Blinks, squints & irregularities Blinks, head movements etc Report & justify data cleaning
Event detection How saccades are detected Procedures & parameters Aggregations & transformations Algorithm & thresholds Software used for event detection
AOIs How drawn, in pixels? Same over trials? Absolute & relative size Position & size Size (pixels & ), matching between conditions