Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for evaluating dominance of participants in a conversation or interaction. An example system configured to practice the method first receives interaction data involving a plurality of participants, and can identify a type of interaction based on the interaction data. The system can parse the interaction data to identify dialog turns, and extract, from the interaction data and dialog turns, a plurality of participant features, wherein the plurality of participant features is selected based on the type of interaction. Then the system can generate, for each of the plurality of participants, a power index based on the respective participant features.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF POWER RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERACTIONAL DOMINANCE IN A CONVERSATION BASED ON SPEECH PATTERNS