Negative Attitudes toward Robots Scale: Validity and Reliability of Turkish Version

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 9, 407 - 418, 26.12.2018

Serkan Erebak , Tülay Turgut

Abstract

Rapidly developing
technology has made great progress in robot design and production. One of the
reflections of this vision is the social robots that can communicate. The study
of the interaction between robots and people, which increase their visibility
in everyday life and business life in many developed countries of the world, is
very important in terms of acceptance and efficient production of this
technology. To this end, Nomura and colleagues developed the Negative Attitudes
towards Robots scale. In this study, it is desired to adapt this scale to
Turkish. The data obtained from the students of five universities in Istanbul
were investigated through internal consistency coefficient, confirmatory factor
analysis, and discriminant validity. As a result of the study, it was observed
that the 14 items in the scale were divided into 3 factors. According to the
confirmatory factor analysis, the fit index values of the model have acceptable
values. Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency reliability coefficients were
reliable for three subscales, and there was discriminant validity. This study
shows that Turkish version of Negative Attitudes toward Robots Scale is a
reliable and valid measurement tool regardless of robot type. The creation of a
Turkish version of this scale, which measures an important effect in the
interaction of human robots, will also open up the work to be done in this area
with Turkish samples.

Keywords

Attitude, Robot, Technology, Human Robot Interaction

Robotlara Karşı Negatif Tutumlar Ölçeği: Türkçe Versiyonunun Geçerlilik ve Güvenirliği

Abstract

Hızla gelişen teknoloji robot dizaynı ve üretimlerinde
büyük bir ivme kaydetmiştir. Bu ivmenin yansımalarından biri de iletişim
kurabilen sosyal robotlardır. Hali hazırda dünyanın birçok gelişmiş ülkesinde
gündelik yaşamda ve iş yaşamında görünürlüklerini arttıran robotlarla insanlar
arasında kurulacak olan etkileşimin incelenmesi, bu teknolojinin kabullenilmesi
ve verimli şekilde üretilebilmesi açısından oldukça önemlidir. Bu amaç
doğrultusunda, Nomura ve meslektaşları Robotlara Karşı Negatif Tutumlar ölçeğini
geliştirmiştir.  Bu çalışmada ise bu
ölçeğin Türkçeye adaptasyonu yapılmak istenmiştir. İstanbul’da bulunan beş
üniversitenin öğrencilerinden elde edilen veri ile iç tutarlılık katsayısı,
doğrulayıcı faktör analizi ve ayrışma geçerliliği incelenmiştir. Araştırma
sonucunda ölçekte bulunan 14 madde 3 faktöre bölünmüştür. Doğrulayıcı faktör
analizi sonucuna göre modelin uyum indeksi kabul edilebilir değerlere sahiptir.
Cronbach’ın alfa iç tutarlılık güvenilirlik katsayıları üç alt ölçek için de
güvenilirdir ve ayırıcı geçerlilik sağlanmıştır. Bu çalışmayla robot tipine
bağlı kalmaksızın Robotlara Karşı Negatif Tutumlar Ölçeği’nin Türkçe
versiyonunun güvenilir ve geçerli bir ölçüm aracı olduğunu göstermektedir.
İnsan robot etkileşiminde önemli bir etkeni ölçen bu ölçeğin Türkçe
versiyonunun oluşturulması bu alanda yapılan çalışmaların Türk örneklemlerle
yapılmasının da önünü açacaktır.

Keywords

Tutum, Robot, Teknoloji, İnsan Robot Etkileşimi

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