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Development of the “Scale for the assessment of non-experts’ AI literacy” – An exploratory factor analysis
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Artificial Intelligence competencies will become increasingly important in the near future. Therefore, it is essential that the AI literacy of individuals can be assessed in a valid and reliable way. This study presents the development of the “Scale for the assessment of non-experts' AI literacy” (SNAIL). An existing AI literacy item set was distributed as an online questionnaire to a heterogeneous group of non-experts (i.e., individuals without a formal AI or computer science education). Based on the data collected, an exploratory factor analysis was conducted to investigate the underlying latent factor structure. The results indicated that a three-factor model had the best model fit. The individual factors reflected AI competencies in the areas of “Technical Understanding”, “Critical Appraisal”, and “Practical Application”. In addition, eight items from the original questionnaire were deleted based on high intercorrelations and low communalities to reduce the length of the questionnaire. The final SNAIL-questionnaire consists of 31 items that can be used to assess the AI literacy of individual non-experts or specific groups and is also designed to enable the evaluation of AI literacy courses’ teaching effectiveness.
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“Laupichler et al. (2023), on the other hand, aimed to address both technical and ethical dimensions in a balanced way in their scale focusing on artificial intelligence literacy.”
From Development of the Artificial Intelligence Perception and Attitude Scale (AIPAS) (2025) · cites this paper as Laupichler et al. (2023)
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“While Laupichler et al.'s (2023) study addresses both technical and ethical dimensions of AI literacy, the AIPAS examines attitudes towards the use of AI tools as well as ethical perceptions.”
From Development of the Artificial Intelligence Perception and Attitude Scale (AIPAS) (2025) · cites this paper as Laupichler et al.'s (2023)
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“The items generated in the Delphi study were presented to a sample of more than 400 participants and, subsequently, analyzed through an exploratory factor analysis that found three AI-literacy factors: technical understanding, critical appraisal, and practical application [27].”
From Evaluating AI Courses: A Valid and Reliable Instrument for Assessing Artificial-Intelligence Learning through Comparative Self-Assessment (2023) · cites this paper as [27]
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“In this study, the 'scale for the assessment of non-experts' AI literacy' (SNAIL), which was developed by Laupichler et al. [27], was used, because it was validated on a sufficiently large sample and the items can be adapted particularly well for course evaluation.”
From Evaluating AI Courses: A Valid and Reliable Instrument for Assessing Artificial-Intelligence Learning through Comparative Self-Assessment (2023) · cites this paper as [27]
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“SNAIL45 was constructed on an elaborate Delphi study63, it has been revalidated in another three studies49–51 including one with comparative self-assessment gains49, it is one of the few scales with evidence of reliability and responsiveness, and it demonstrated good structural validity and internal consistency, which makes it a promising instrument.”
From A systematic review of AI literacy scales (2024) · cites this paper as [45]
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“SNAIL45 was constructed on an elaborate Delphi study63, it has been revalidated in another three studies49–51 including one with comparative self-assessment gains49, it is one of the few scales with evidence of reliability and responsiveness, and it demonstrated good structural validity and internal consistency, which makes it a promising instrument.”
From A systematic review of AI literacy scales (2024) · cites this paper as [45]
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“SNAIL45 was constructed on an elaborate Delphi study63, it has been revalidated in another three studies49–51 including one with comparative self-assessment gains49, it is one of the few scales with evidence of reliability and responsiveness, and it demonstrated good structural validity and internal consistency, which makes it a promising instrument.”
From A systematic review of AI literacy scales (2024) · cites this paper as [45]
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“GSE-6AI30, MAIRS-MC43, and SNAIL45 have been validated specifically for medical students, which makes them the instruments of choice if medical students are to be assessed.”
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“SNAIL45 was constructed on an elaborate Delphi study63, it has been revalidated in another three studies49–51 including one with comparative self-assessment gains49, it is one of the few scales with evidence of reliability and responsiveness, and it demonstrated good structural validity and internal consistency, which makes it a promising instrument.”
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“SNAIL45 was constructed on an elaborate Delphi study63, it has been revalidated in another three studies49–51 including one with comparative self-assessment gains49, it is one of the few scales with evidence of reliability and responsiveness, and it demonstrated good structural validity and internal consistency, which makes it a promising instrument.”
From A systematic review of AI literacy scales (2024) · cites this paper as [45]
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“AI literacy encompasses not only technical knowledge but also the ability to critically evaluate the ethical implications and societal impacts of AI systems (Carolus et al. 2023;Laupichler et al. 2023;Long and Magerko 2020;Ng et al. 2024;Touretzky et al. 2019;Wang et al. 2023).”
From Fostering AI Literacy in Undergraduates: A ChatGPT Workshop Case Study (2025) · cites this paper as Laupichler et al. 2023
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“The validity of the self-report measurement instruments for AI literacy [11,12,14,15] has only been tested regarding their factorial structure.”
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“Existing scales, such as those developed by Laupichler et al. [3,4], provide robust measures of general AI literacy, but they lack domain-specific items relevant to nursing practice and were validated in Western educational contexts.”
From Development and psychometric validation of the Thai AI Literacy Scale for Nursing Students in Thailand: a methodological study (2026) · cites this paper as [3]
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“studies and scales have been criticized for primarily focusing on individuals’ basic knowledge of AI and skills in their applications”
From Assessment of AI ethical reflection: the development and validation of the AI ethical reflection scale (AIERS) for university students (2025) · cites this paper as Laupichler et al., 2023
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Metadata
- Authors
- Laupichler, M. C., Aster, A., Haverkamp, N., & Raupach, T.
- Affiliations
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- University of Bonn (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Laupichler, Matthias Carl
- Venue
- Computers in Human Behavior Reports
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-12
- Volume
- 12
- Pages
- 100338
- ISSN
- 2451-9588 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4387082112
- Semantic Scholar
- a79d835c8af0fd54cddaf501cc28db21a298cb47
- Cited by
- 269
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 135 · 2025: 96 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 3
- FWCI
- 63.15
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Funders
- Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Digital literacy in education
- Social Sciences › Education › Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Information Literacy
- Keywords
- AI literacy, non-experts, AI literacy assessment, questionnaire development, factor structure, technical understanding, critical appraisal, practical application, teaching effectiveness evaluation
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