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AI literacy

Godspeed Questionnaire Series.

GQS

What it measures
User perception of robots and embodied agents on five dimensions: anthropomorphism, animacy, likeability, perceived intelligence, perceived safety.
Length and format
24 across 5 subscales. 5-pt semantic differential (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
10+ langs incl. DE, NL, JA, ZH, ES, PT, TR, distributed as an author-hosted translation set
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Bartneck, C., Kulic, D., Croft, E., & Zoghbi, S. (2009). Measurement instruments for the anthropomorphism, animacy, likeability, perceived intelligence, and perceived safety of robots. International Journal of Social Robotics, 1(1), 71-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-008-0001-3

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-008-0001-3

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