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Avoidant human behavior inside elevators

Alicia Gonzlez Rodiles Villarreal

Do humans tend to avoid interactions when they are inside an elevator?


Null hypothesis: there is no clear behavioral pattern adopted by humans when they are inside an elevator. Alternative hypothesis: humans tend to avoid interaction when they find themselves in an elevator.

Conduct Staring at the floor Using a cell phone

Number of individuals displaying it 37 58

Starting a conversation
Offering help Total

0 5
100

70 60 Number of individuals 50 40

Behaviors followed inside elevators

Using cellphone 30 20 10 0 Using cellphone Staring at floor Offer help Start conversation Staring at floor Offer help Start conversation

Behavior

Behaviors followed inside elevators


0% 5% 37% 58% Using cellphone Staring at floor Offer help Start conversation

Conclussions
Avoidant behaviors account for 95% of the samples behavior. Interaction starting only account for 5% of the samples behavior. The results obtained in this experiment point that there is a preponderance of avoidant behaviors among humans when they are inside an elevator

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