Social science methodologies for studying individuals' responses in human issues in horticulture research

HortTechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-93

  Shoemaker, Candice A ^a   Relf, Paula Diane ^b   Lohr, Virginia I ^c  

^a CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits of plants; Experimental design; Focus group; Human horticulture relationships; Interrupted time series; Interview; Landscape preference; Nonequivalent control group; Observation; Pe ople plant interactions; Qualitative; Quantitative; Quasiexperimental; Questionnaire; Research methods; Sampling; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033966844     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.10.1.87     Document Type: Review

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