Player Type Models: Towards Empirical Validation

Marc Busch; Elke Mattheiss; Rita Orji; Peter Fröhlich; Michael Lankes; Manfred Tscheligi

doi:10.1145/2851581.2892399

Player Type Models: Towards Empirical Validation

Marc Busch, Elke Mattheiss, Rita Orji, Peter Fröhlich, Michael Lankes, Manfred Tscheligi

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Abstract

Player type models – such as the BrainHex model – are popular approaches for personalizing digital games towards individual preferences of players. Although several player type models have been developed and are currently used in game design projects, there is still a lack of data on their validity. To close this research gap we currently investigate the psychometric properties (factor structure, reliability, stability) and predictive validity (if player type scores can predict player experience) of the player type model BrainHex in an ongoing project. Results of two online studies (n1=592, n2=243) show that the psychometric properties of the BrainHex model could be improved. We suggest to improve the according questionnaire and sketch how the predictive validity could be investigated in future studies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA 2016
Subtitle of host publication	#chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	ACM Press
Pages	1835-1841
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450340823
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892399
Publication status	Published - 7 May 2016
Event	ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2016) - San Jose, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016 https://chi2016.acm.org

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume	07-12-May-2016

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Conference	ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2016)
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	07.05.2016 → 12.05.2016
Internet address	https://chi2016.acm.org

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Games
Personalization
Player type models

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Busch, M., Mattheiss, E., Orji, R., Fröhlich, P., Lankes, M., & Tscheligi, M. (2016). Player Type Models: Towards Empirical Validation. In CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1835-1841). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. 07-12-May-2016). ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892399

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Busch, M, Mattheiss, E, Orji, R, Fröhlich, P, Lankes, M & Tscheligi, M 2016, Player Type Models: Towards Empirical Validation. in CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, vol. 07-12-May-2016, ACM Press, pp. 1835-1841, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2016), San Jose, United States, 07.05.2016. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892399

Player Type Models: Towards Empirical Validation. / Busch, Marc; Mattheiss, Elke; Orji, Rita et al.
CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM Press, 2016. p. 1835-1841 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. 07-12-May-2016).

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