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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Soc Robot. 2013 Dec 20;6(2):229–247. doi: 10.1007/s12369-013-0220-0

Table 4. Older adults' scores pre and post group interview on the Robot Opinions Questionnaire. Participants responded using a 7-point Likert-type scale (1 = Extremely unlikely; 4 = Neither unlikely or likely; 7 = Extremely likely). The last row is the aggregate values for all 12 items on the questionnaire.

Robots Opinion Questionnaire Item Pre discussion Post discussion Z n p


Mdn Range Mdn Range
*My interaction with a robot would be clear and understandable. 6 3–7 6 1–7 −1.61 21 .11
I would find a robot useful in my daily life. 6 2–7 5 1–7 −1.67 21 .10
Using a robot would enhance my effectiveness in my daily life. 5 3–7 5 1–7 −1.35 21 .18
Using a robot in my daily life would increase my productivity. 5 2–7 5 1–7 −0.48 21 .63
Using a robot would make my daily life easier. 5 2–7 5 1–7 −0.27 21 .79
Using a robot would improve my daily life. 5 2–7 5 1–7 −0.09 21 .93
Using a robot in my daily life would enable me to accomplish tasks more quickly. 5 2–7 6 1–7 −0.52 20 .60
*I would find a robot easy to use. 5 2–7 6 1–7 −1.36 21 .17
*I would find a robot to be flexible for me to interact with. 5 3–7 5 1–7 −0.20 21 .84
*It would be easy for me to become skillful at using a robot. 6 1–7 6 1–7 −0.99 21 .32
*I would find it easy to get a robot to do what I want it to do. 5 1–7 6 1–6 −1.76 21 .08
*Learning to operate a robot would be easy for me. 6 1–7 6 1–7 −1.09 21 .28
Median of 12 Items 5.5 1–7 6 1–7 −0.32 21 .76
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Perceived ease of use items. The other items represent perceived usefulness. Mdn = median score. Range = the minimum and maximum Likert-type responses selected by participants. Z = Wilcoxon sign-rank test statistic. n = number of participants who responded. p = probability of type 1 error for the Wilcoxon sign-rank test