Anthropomorphism Rasch
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Construct Summary
The authors define the construct as follows:
We view anthropomorphism as a one-dimensional construct, and argue that all human-like characteristics—no matter which subset they belong to—are ordered according to the probability with which they are ascribed to robots. (p. 478)
Rating = 85%
| Check? | Guideline Item |
|---|---|
| ✓ | Is the construct defined? |
| ✓ | Does the final version of the items capture the construct as it has been defined by the authors? |
| ✓ | Is the item generation process discussed (e.g., literature review, Delphi method, crowd-sourcing)? |
| ✖ | Person to items 10:1 for the initial set of items? |
| ✓ | Did they perform an EFA, PCA, Rasch, or similar test to determine the item to factor relationship? |
| ✓ | Did they describe how they determined number of factors? |
| ✓ | Did they report the full initial set of items? |
| ✓ | Did they provide loadings (EFA) or item fits (Rasch) of all items? |
| ✓ | Is there a description of the item removal process (e.g., using infit/outfit, factor loading minimum value, or cross-loading values)? |
| ✖ | Did they list the final items included in the scale? |
| ✓ | Did they include a factor structure test (e.g., second EFA, CFA, DIF, test for unidimensionality when using Rasch, or similar)? |
| ✓ | Was a measure of reliability (e.g., Cronbach’s alpha, McDonalds Omega_h or Omega_t, Tarkkonen’s Rho) reported? |
| ✓ | Was a test of validity (e.g., predictive, concurrent, convergent, discriminant) reported? |
Comments Recruited participants through personal contacts (not replicable), inconsistent item removal process across experiments, inconsistent # of items across experiments (37, 25, 19)
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PAPER
Ruijten, P. A., Haans, A., Ham, J., & Midden, C. J. (2019). Perceived human-likeness of social robots: testing the Rasch model as a method for measuring anthropomorphism. International Journal of Social Robotics, 11, 477-494.
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