{"title":"A Microscopic Analysis of the Relationship Between Prior Knowledge About Self-Driving Cars and the Public Acceptance: A Survey in the US","authors":"Kareem Othman","doi":"10.2478/ttj-2023-0012","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Previous studies have shown that the level of awareness of SDVs is a deciding factor that affects the public attitude towards this emerging technology; however, none of these studies focuses on understanding the relationship between these two variables. Thus, this study utilizes a questionnaire survey with the objective of drawing the relationship between the public attitude and level of knowledge. A total of 2447 complete responses were revised from participants from the US. The results show that people with prior knowledge about SDVs are more likely to travel on SDVs. However, participants who know a bit about SDVs were the most likely to travel on SDVs when compared with participants who had no knowledge and participants who know a lot about SDVs. In addition, the analysis shows that the relationship between the level of knowledge and the level of acceptance of SDVs is not linear but rather parabolic.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2023-0012","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Previous studies have shown that the level of awareness of SDVs is a deciding factor that affects the public attitude towards this emerging technology; however, none of these studies focuses on understanding the relationship between these two variables. Thus, this study utilizes a questionnaire survey with the objective of drawing the relationship between the public attitude and level of knowledge. A total of 2447 complete responses were revised from participants from the US. The results show that people with prior knowledge about SDVs are more likely to travel on SDVs. However, participants who know a bit about SDVs were the most likely to travel on SDVs when compared with participants who had no knowledge and participants who know a lot about SDVs. In addition, the analysis shows that the relationship between the level of knowledge and the level of acceptance of SDVs is not linear but rather parabolic.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.