  The development of a reliable and valid assessment tool of human-automation
trust is an important topic. This study aimed to develop a Chinese version of
human-automation trust scale (C-HATS) with reasonable reliability and validity
based on Lee and See (2004)'s trust model. After three phases of assessments
including exploratory factor analysis, item analysis, and confirmatory factor
analysis, different dimensions and items were considered for initial and
posttask human-automation trust. For post-task trust, the scale had three
dimensions and 11 items and reflected Lee and See (2004)'s model, whereas
different from Lee and See (2004)'s model, the final scale had 14 items but
only two dimensions for initial trust. Nevertheless, for both initial and
post-task trust, reasonable reliability and validity of the scale were verified
with various consumer automation products. Although further verification is
still necessary, the developed C-HATS could be used to effectively assess
human-automation trust in the Chinese context.
