Table 5 Tests of the trust hypothesis (that a robot’s justifications, compared to mere explanations, increase trust) in experiments 1 and 2, controlling for moral disagreement.

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

 

Experiment 1 Hunger

Experiment 2 Hunger

Experiment 2 DNR

Overall trust

3.6% (+ 1.2%)

2.2% (−0.6%)

1.5%(−1.2%)

Moral trust

5.1% (+ 0.2%)

1.3%(−0.6%)

3.6%(−1.2%)

Performance trust

0.9% (+ 0.7%)

2.2%(−0.3%)

0.0%(−0.4%)

  1. Note: Numbers in parentheses show change in effect size from the original tests (Table 4) to tests after controlling for moral disagreement.
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