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Construct Summary

“we present the steps taken for developing and validating a novel, versatile, and encompassing scale for assessing attitudes related to robot rights entitlement.” (p. 6)

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?

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PAPER
Mays, K. K., Cummings, J. J., & Katz, J. E. (2024). The Robot Rights and Responsibilities Scale: Development and Validation of a Metric for Understanding Perceptions of Robots’ Rights and Responsibilities. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1-18.

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 (30 total):

Use a 7-point LIkert response scale (endpoints undefined in paper)

Rights
Robots that work together should be able to form their own trade unions.
Robots should be allowed to sue anyone who commits crimes against them.
Robots should be able to hold whatever views they wish.
Robots should receive the payment for any writing, artwork, or other creations that they sell.
Robots should have the right to some free time for themselves.
Robots should be able to decide whether they want to make improvements to their programming.
Robots should be allowed to become citizens of a country.
Robots should be allowed to vote.
Robots should have full access to and control over their own programming and source code.
Robots should be able to control how much access people have to their internal mental states and processing.
Robots should be allowed to serve on juries.
Robots should be paid for the work that they do.
Robots should have the right to consent to partnering with another robot.
Robots should have a say in any programming changes or software updates for themselves.
Robots should have the right to a legal defense.
Robots should be able to decide for themselves when they get turned off.
Robots should be allowed to partner with/marry other robots.
Robots should be allowed to adopt other robots.
Robots should be allowed to obtain copyrights or patents for their creative or scientific productions.

Responsibilities
Robots have a responsibility to behave with integrity, honesty, and fairness.
Robots have a responsibility to respect all forms of life.
Robots have a responsibility to treat all other beings (human and non-humans) well.
Robots have a responsibility to act in peaceful, non-violent ways.
Robots have a responsibility to respect human life.

Capabilities
It is OK to create robots that can lift much more weight than any person can.
It is OK to create robots that have telescopic vision, meaning they can see much farther and better than people can.
It is OK to create robots that can move much faster than people can.
It is OK to create robots that can jump higher than any person can.
It is OK to create robots that can move like people.
It is OK to create robots that can think faster than humans can.