Table 4 Tests of the trust hypothesis (that a robot’s justifications, compared to Mere explanations, increase trust) in Experiment 1 (Hunger strike dilemma) and Experiment 2 (Hunger strike and DNR dilemma).

From: The power of justifications to repair human-robot trust, even under moral disagreement

 

Experiment 1 Hunger

Experiment 2 Hunger

Experiment 2

DNR

Total trust

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 2.4%

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 2.8%

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 2.7%

F(1,331) = 8.1,

p =.005

F(1,346) = 9.8,

p =.002

F(1,396) = 11.1,

p <.001

Moral trust

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 4.9%

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 1.9%

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 4.8%

F(1,331) = 17.2,

p <.001

F(1,346) = 6.6,

p =.01

F(1,397) = 19.9,

p <.001

Performance trust

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 0.2%

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 2.5%

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 0.4%

F(1,339) < 1,

p =.381

F(1,355) = 9.2,

p =.003

F(1,405) = 1.4,

p =.229

Moral trust, controlling for Performance trust

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 5.7%

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 0.2%

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 5.1%

F(1,330) = 19.8,

p <.001

F(1,345) < 1,

p =.407

F(1,395) = 21.1,

p <.001

Performance trust, controlling for Moral trust

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 0.8%

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 1.1%

\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) = 0.7%

F(1,330) = 2.7,

p =.103

F(1,345) = 3.9,

p =.049

F(1,395) = 3.0,

p =.086

  1. Note: The last two rows represent ANCOVA models with type 1 sum of squares where one of Performance or Moral trust scores was the dependent variable and the other of the two was added as a covariate to the 2 (Decision) x 2 (Response) between-subjects ANCOVA.