The measurement of scenic preferences: a case study in Alaska

Graduate Project

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Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_projects/1z40kx84x

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Karle, David Anthony
Abstract	The semantic differential technique was used to quantify four interest groups' perceptions of twenty-six Alaskan scenes. The scenes represented both panoramic views and views of Mount McKinley from different sites in southcentral Alaska. The perceptions were measured on six semantic scales ("ugly-beautiful", "dislike-like", "unpleasantpleasant", "unstimulating-stimulating", "level-mountainous", and 'monotonous-varied"), and the responses enabled analysis of both scenes and sites in terms of preferences. Results show that views of Mount McKinley were without exception the more preferred. Statistical analysis utilizing Kendall's coefficient of concordance (W) indicated significant agreement between the interest groups in both the site rankings and rankings of views of Mount McKinley.
Resource Type	Capstone Project
Date Available	2012-07-23T19:17:51+00:00
Date Issued	1980-06
Degree Level	Master's
Degree Name	Master of Science (M.S.)
Degree Field	Geography
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	1980
Advisor	Rosenfeld, Charles L.
Academic Affiliation	Geography
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
Digitization Specifications	File scanned at 300 ppi (Monochrome) using ScandAll PRO 1.8.1 on a Fi-6770A in PDF format. CVista PdfCompressor 4.0 was used for pdf compression and textual OCR.
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/31432

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