Chen, Liuqing; Song, Yaxuan; Sun, Lingyun; Childs, Peter and Yin, Yuan. 2024. Development of an exploratory creativity assessment scale. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 12(2), pp. 101-117. ISSN 2165-0349 [Article]

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Exploratory creativity (E-creativity) can be achieved by searching an area of conceptual space governed by specific rules. Existing studies on E-creativity mainly focus on how to use aspects of E-creativity to develop computational creativity tools, but E-creativity assessment scales have not been fully studied. To fill in the gap, this study developed an E-creativity assessment scale based on metrics and experimental determination studies. Eight indexes are promoted through literature investigation, which are related to E-creativity attributes, pre-requirement for the existence of E-creativity, relations between exploratory process and creativity, and results of E-creativity. Then, an empirical case study is applied to investigate the differences between nonprofessionals and professionals when using the developed scale. From the whole research, the results reveal that E-creativity is not simply related to the exploratory process and its concept space; instead, it is also related to the relations between the novelty of the exploratory process and the concept space of E-creativity. The results reflect the role of E-creativity in a creative process. This research provides a further understanding of E-creativity, which can contribute to further develop the definition of E-creativity. The E-creativity assessment scales can be used as a cue to further evaluate machine generated E-creativity.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1080/21650349.2024.2319772
Additional Information:	Funding: The work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China [2022YFB3303304]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [62207023].
Keywords:	Exploratory creativity; assessment scale; computational creativity
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Computing
Dates:	Date Event 6 February 2024 Accepted 3 March 2024 Published Online 2024 Published
Item ID:	37959
Date Deposited:	09 Dec 2024 10:42
Last Modified:	09 Dec 2024 10:58
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/37959

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