Anthropomorphic Tendencies Scale (ATS)
This is the most up-to-date version of this scale.
Construct Summary
The authors aim to understand why some people exhibit anthropomorphic tendencies more than others. They do not provide a definition of anthropomorphic tendencies. They define anthropomorphism as:
“the attribution of human qualities, such as mental states or emotions, to nonhuman entities, including artifacts and animals.” (p. 1252)
Rating = 31%
| 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? |
| NA | 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 None.
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PAPER
Chin, M. G., Sims, V. K., Clark, B., & Lopez, G. R. (2004, September). Measuring individual differences in anthropomorphism toward machines and animals. In Proceedings of the human factors and ergonomics society annual meeting (Vol. 48, No. 11, pp. 1252-1255). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
PDF of scale as well as instructions for administration and scoring are not readily available. Check the paper for more details or email hriscaledatabase@gmail.com submit this information if you are the author of this scale.
Final Scale Items (12 total):
Not reported.