EmCorp Scale
This is the most up-to-date version of this scale.
Construct Summary
TBD
Rating = 92%
| 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 number of 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
full set of items listed in the appendix
Reviewed by Experts ✓
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PAPER
Hoffmann, L., Bock, N., & Rosenthal vd Pütten, A. M. (2018, February). The peculiarities of robot embodiment (emcorp-scale) development, validation and initial test of the embodiment and corporeality of artificial agents scale. In Proceedings of the 2018 ACM/IEEE international conference on human-robot interaction (pp. 370-378).
PDF of scale as well as instructions for administration and scoring are not readily available. Check the paper for more details or click here to submit this information if you are the author of this scale.
Final Scale Items (20 items)):
is physically embodied
is existent in the real world
is real
is unrestricted in its actions
is unrestricted in its movements
is unrestricted in its facial expressions
is unrestricted in its gestures
is able to autonomously navigate in space
is able to move towards me
is able to touch objects
is able to carry objects
is able to perform designated actions like brewing coffee or vacuuming
is able to move in space
is able to react to the same environmental stimuli as I do
is able to immediately react to my actions
is able to recognize emotions
is able to interpret (my) behaviors
is able to perceive what I perceive
is able to understand my behavior
is able to to perceive my behavior