FSD3714 Robots and Us, Sentiment Survey: United States 2020
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Study title
Robots and Us, Sentiment Survey: United States 2020
Dataset ID Number
FSD3714
Persistent identifiers
https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3714https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3714
Data Type
Quantitative
Authors
- Oksanen, Atte (Tampere University. Faculty of Social Sciences)
- Savela, Nina (Tampere University. Faculty of Social Sciences)
- Latikka, Rita (Tampere University. Faculty of Social Sciences)
Abstract
The survey charted the opinions and attitudes of US citizens towards robots and how interaction changes when a human is replaced by a robot. The data was collected as part of the Robots in Society research project. The project explores interaction processes and societal understanding of human-robot encounters.
First, respondents were asked about their background and personality traits. They were also asked about their work and their use of technology. Next, respondents were randomly divided into four different experimental groups. Respondents were asked to imagine themselves in a hypothetical work situation. The experiment varied the composition of the work-related social group by including four robots in the imaginary situation or by describing a group of people only. It also varied whether the experiment referred to a work team or to individual job seekers. Respondents were then asked to write a short imaginary text about their first day in this new job with the team in question.
In the second test, respondents were divided into four groups. Respondents were asked to imagine a situation in which they would receive information from other people about how to use a robot. The experiment varied the proximity of the informant to the respondent and the positivity of the information. After the experiment, respondents were asked about their self-efficacy in using the robot, their general attitude towards robots and their perceived usefulness of using the robot. After the experimental set-up, respondents were asked about their previous experiences with robots, as well as attitudes and self-efficacy towards technology and robots.
The following scales or measures, which also appear as abbreviations in the variable names, have been used in the data: BF = Big Five Inventory (personality traits neuroticism, extroversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness), SIAS = SIAS-6 Social Interaction Anxiety, TE3-TE4 = Social Identification, TE5-TE7 = Perceived Technology Support, RS = Robot Self-Efficacy RUSH-3, SE1-SE3 = Robot Self-Efficacy RUSH-3, SE4-SE7 = Perceived Robot Usefulness, and ANX = Anxiety toward robots.
Background variables included the respondent's gender, age group, area of residence, type of residence, highest level of education, houdehold's gross annual income, economic activity.
Keywords
artificial intelligence; attitudes; computers; cooperation; group behaviour; intergroup relations; occupational life; workplace relations
Topic Classification
- Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
- Labour and employment (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Information society (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Series
Individual datasetsDistributor
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Access
The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.
Data Collector
- Oksanen, Atte (Tampere University. Faculty of Social Sciences)
- Savela, Nina (Tampere University. Faculty of Social Sciences)
- Latikka, Rita (Tampere University. Faculty of Social Sciences)
Funders
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
Time Period Covered
2020
Collection Dates
2020-04-29 – 2020-04-30
Nation
United States
Geographical Coverage
United States
Analysis/Observation Unit Type
Individual
Universe
United States residents aged 18-79
Time Method
Cross-section
Sampling Procedure
Non-probability: Quota
Respondent panel and quota sampling. The research team recruited respondents from Amazon Mechanical Turk, a crowdsourcing website whose users volunteered to answer surveys. Gender quotas were used to ensure that the gender distribution of the data matched the gender distribution of the U.S. population (U.S. Census Bureau). The final number of observations is 1,059, from which 78 respondents were dropped by the researcher during the data quality check.
Collection Mode
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Participant tasks
Data File Language
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Number of Cases and Variables
108 variables and 1059 cases.
Data Version
1.0
Related Datasets
FSD3712 Robots and Us Survey: United States, January 2019
FSD3713 Robots and Us Survey: United States, April 2019
Completeness of Data and Restrictions
For identification purposes, the researcher has categorised age and area of residence.
Weighting
There are no weight variables in the data.
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The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.
Bibliographical Citation
Oksanen, Atte (Tampere University) & Savela, Nina (Tampere University) & Latikka, Rita (Tampere University): Robots and Us, Sentiment Survey: United States 2020 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2024-01-04). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3714
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The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.
Related Materials
Robots in Society. Tampere University.
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