Paper Info
Title
Perceived Human-Likeness of Social Robots: Testing the Rasch Model as a Method for Measuring Anthropomorphism
Abstract
Anthropomorphism is generally defined as the attribution of human-like characteristics to social robots and other non-human objects. We argue that different researchers have different interpretations of this concept, leading to measuring instruments that focus on different subsets of human-like characteristics. In the current paper, we discuss these different interpretations and explore a new method for measuring anthropomorphism, based on the Rasch model. The aim of the current work is to map anthropomorphism as a range of human-like characteristics on a one-dimensional scale. The scale’s validity and sensitivity were tested by comparing it with two available measuring instruments and by comparing people’s responses to different types of agents. In three studies, we explored whether the Rasch model is suitable for measuring anthropomorphism. Despite some limitations, results showed that the Rasch model can successfully be applied to the measurement of anthropomorphism. Implications for future work on anthropomorphism of social robots are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1007/s12369-019-00516-z
International Journal of Social Robotics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Anthropomorphism, Measurement scale, Rasch model
Social psychology,Social robot,Psychology,Cognitive psychology,Attribution,Rasch model
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
11
3
1875-4791
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
10
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Peter A. M. Ruijten1318.49
Antal Haans218312.95
Jaap Ham3577.63
Cees Midden424722.74