Thesis--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-151).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1973. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

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Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2004. Graduate Programme in Geography. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 220-234). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url%5Fver=Z39.88-2004&res%5Fdat=xri:pqdiss &rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR11873

Thesis (M.A.)--Wayne State University. / Includes bibliographical references.

Originally presented as the author's thesis, University of Michigan, 1977. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-50).

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. School of Technology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-56).

The object of the thesis was to develop a field instrument for the determination of aesthetic tastes and preferences among various social groups. The instrument has been developed for use in research on attitudes and preferences involved in the purchase of homes. The instrument was constructed as a visual attitude scale, consisting of three house photographs graduated along a social class continuum to represent the lower, middle, and upper scale categories; and will be developed on the assumption that people can consistently discriminate among house photographs on the basis of perceived social class of occupant families. The three house photographs were derived from a rating process in the field which used 60 respondents to rate a set of 30 carefully selected house photographs among three social class categories. The house photographs associated most with each of the three categories were selected to represent each social stratum in the visual attitude scale. Use of the visual attitude scale in conjunction with the Semantic Differential and open-end questions was proposed as a means to determine differences in aesthetic tastes and preferences and, also, other attitudes involved in the decision making process to buy a home. The actual utility and validity of the field instrument cannot be established here, but must be the object of further research. The study did reveal, however, a high degree of consistency of ratings by respondents from different social class backgrounds and, therefore, provided face validation for the assumptions underlying the construction of the field instrument. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

This exploratory study investigated the nature of interaction between husband and wife in the search/decision process leading to the purchase of a home. Interaction was examined in terms of convergence and divergence between the partners. It was suggested that divergence is most likely to occur over decision situations in which one or other partner dominates. A conceptual framework was constructed to examine some of the determinants of dominance. Using this scheme and several intervening variables; a number of possible interaction patterns were then suggested. A questionnaire was formulated and a field survey undertaken to verify the validity of these suggestions. The results indicated that the concepts of convergence and divergence are useful in examining this aspect of house buying behavior. The survey was, however, only partially successful in validating the conceptual framework and the suggested interaction patterns. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

Thesis (M. A.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999. / Bibliography: p. 232-250.