hemesath_2024_chatbot_citizens

20,280 rated or chosen profiles from 1,690 respondents, in up to 6 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 8 attributes.

One of 2 tables from the same source; this one is the citizens table. The others are listed under Related tables.

About this table

DescriptionGerman citizens (online sample, February 2023, n = 1,690) chose between two hypothetical municipal e-government chatbots varying developer, chat-history storage, chat termination, automated decisions, workload reduction, time saving, and communication type and tone, in 6 paired tasks.
ReferenceHemesath, S., & Tepe, M. (2024). Public value positions and design preferences toward AI-based chatbots in e-government. Evidence from a conjoint experiment with citizens and municipal front desk officers. Government Information Quarterly, 41(4), 101985.
DOI10.1016/j.giq.2024.101985
LicenceCC0 1.0
Source datahttps://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JJYIUD

Notes

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Size and shape

Respondents1,690
Rows (one per respondent, task and profile)20,280
Tasks per respondent (most)6
Profiles per task2
Attributes8
Tasks with no profile chosen0

Design

Topicpublic administration, technology ai privacy
A profile representsproduct service
CountryDE
Language shownde
Language of stored levelsde
Randomization restrictionsunknown
Task orderrecorded in the deposit
Profile positionrecorded in the deposit

Outcomes:

choiceWhich of the two chatbots do you prefer? (paraphrase) [choice, forced]

Columns

attr_chat_historyattr_chat_terminationattr_chatbot_decidesattr_communication_toneattr_communication_typeattr_developerattr_time_savingattr_workload_reductionchoicecov_agecov_area_codecov_duration_seccov_educationcov_gaais1cov_gaais10cov_gaais11cov_gaais12cov_gaais13cov_gaais14cov_gaais15cov_gaais16cov_gaais17cov_gaais18cov_gaais19cov_gaais2cov_gaais20cov_gaais3cov_gaais4cov_gaais5cov_gaais6cov_gaais7cov_gaais8cov_gaais9cov_gendercov_leftright_codecov_psm_1_codecov_psm_2_codecov_psm_3_codecov_psm_4_codecov_psm_5_codecov_state_codecov_tech_regulation_1_codecov_tech_regulation_2_codecov_tech_regulation_3_codecov_tech_regulation_4_codecov_tech_regulation_5_codecov_vote_codeidprofiletasktrial_prime

The layout (one row per respondent, task and profile; choice/rating outcomes; attr_ columns holding each attribute level as displayed) is defined in the IRW conjoint standard. What the outcomes asked is under Design above.

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# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("hemesath_2024_chatbot_citizens", source = "conj")
# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("hemesath_2024_chatbot_citizens", source="conj")

How to cite

@article{Hemesath_2024, title={Public value positions and design preferences toward AI-based chatbots in e-government. Evidence from a conjoint experiment with citizens and municipal front desk officers}, volume={41}, ISSN={0740-624X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2024.101985}, DOI={10.1016/j.giq.2024.101985}, number={4}, journal={Government Information Quarterly}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Hemesath, Sebastian and Tepe, Markus}, year={2024}, month=Dec, pages={101985} }

Version and provenance

IRW versionv584
Redivis datasetirw_conjoint v4.2
Redivis dataset DOI10.57761/qkye-q530
Manifest pin for this IRW versionv4.2
Metadata sourceirw_meta v44.0