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dc.contributor.authorSchweiker, Marcel
dc.contributor.authorMaíra, Andréu
dc.contributor.authorAl-Atrash, Farah
dc.contributor.authorAl-Khatri, Hanan
dc.contributor.authorAlprianti, Rea Risky
dc.contributor.authorAlsaad, Hayder
dc.contributor.authorAmin, Rucha
dc.contributor.authorAmpatzi, Eleni
dc.contributor.authorArsano, Alpha Yacob
dc.contributor.authorAzar, Elie
dc.contributor.authorBannazadeh, Bahareh
dc.contributor.authorBatagarawa, Amina
dc.contributor.authorBecker, Sussanne
dc.contributor.authorBuonocore, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorCao, Bin
dc.contributor.authorChoi, Joon-Ho
dc.contributor.authorChun, Chungyoon
dc.contributor.authorDaanen, Hein
dc.contributor.authorDamiati, Siti Aisyah
dc.contributor.authorDaniel, Lyrian
dc.contributor.authorVecchi, Renata De
dc.contributor.authorDhaka, Shivraj
dc.contributor.authorDomínguez-Amarillo, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorDudkiewicz, Edyta
dc.contributor.authorEdappilly, Lakshmi Prabha
dc.contributor.authorFernández-Agüera, Jesica
dc.contributor.authorFolkerts, Mireille
dc.contributor.authorFrijns, Arjan
dc.contributor.authorGaona, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorGarg, Vishal
dc.contributor.authorGauthier, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorJabbari, Shahla Ghaffari
dc.contributor.authorHarimi, Djamila
dc.contributor.authorHellwig, Runa T
dc.contributor.authorHuebner, Gesche M
dc.contributor.authorJin, Quan
dc.contributor.authorJowkar, Mina
dc.contributor.authorKim, Jungsoo
dc.contributor.authorKing, Nelson
dc.contributor.authorKingma, Boris
dc.contributor.authorKoerniawan, M. Donny
dc.contributor.authorKolarik, Jakub
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Shailendra
dc.contributor.authorKwok, Alison
dc.contributor.authorLamberts, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorLaska, Marta
dc.contributor.authorLee, M.C. Jeffrey
dc.contributor.authorLee, Yoonhee
dc.contributor.authorLindermayr, Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorMahaki, Mohammadbagher
dc.contributor.authorUdochukwu, Marcel-Okafor
dc.contributor.authorMarín-Restrepo, Laura
dc.contributor.authorMarquardsen, Anna
dc.contributor.authorFrancesco, Franscesco
dc.contributor.authorMathur, Jyotirmay
dc.contributor.authorMino-Rodriguez, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorMontazami, Azadeh
dc.contributor.authorMou, Di
dc.contributor.authorMoujalled, Bassam
dc.contributor.authorNakajima, Mia
dc.contributor.authorNg, Edward
dc.contributor.authorOkafor, Marcellinus
dc.contributor.authorOlweny, Mark R. O.
dc.contributor.authorOuyang, Wanlu
dc.contributor.authorAbreu, Ana Lígia Papst de
dc.contributor.authorPérez-Fargallo, Alexis
dc.contributor.authorRajapaksha, Indrika
dc.contributor.authorRamos, Greici
dc.contributor.authorRashid, Saif
dc.contributor.authorReinhart, Christoph F.
dc.contributor.authorRivera, Ma. Isabel
dc.contributor.authorSalmanzadeh, Mazyar
dc.contributor.authorSchakib-Ekbatan, Karin
dc.contributor.authorSchiavon, Stefano
dc.contributor.authorShooshtarian, Salman
dc.contributor.authorShukuya, Masanori
dc.contributor.authorSoebarto, Veronica
dc.contributor.authorSuhendri, Suhendri
dc.contributor.authorTahsildoost, Mohammad
dc.contributor.authorTartarini, Federico
dc.contributor.authorTeli, Despoina
dc.contributor.authorTewari, Priyam
dc.contributor.authorThapa, Samar
dc.contributor.authorTrebilcock, Maureen
dc.contributor.authorTrojan, Jörg
dc.contributor.authorTukur, Ruqayyatu B.
dc.contributor.authorVoelker, Conrad
dc.contributor.authorYam, Yeung
dc.contributor.authorYang, Liu
dc.contributor.authorZapata-Lancaster, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorZhai, Yongchao
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Yingxin
dc.contributor.authorZomorodian, ZahraSadat
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-02T16:59:59Z
dc.date.available2020-03-02T16:59:59Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-10
dc.identifier.citationSchweiker, M. et al., 2020. Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe? Energy and Buildings, 211, p.109761.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12280/2593
dc.description.abstractPeople’s subjective response to any thermal environment is commonly investigated by using rating scales describing the degree of thermal sensation, comfort, and acceptability. Subsequent analyses of results col- lected in this way rely on the assumption that specific distances between verbal anchors placed on the scale exist and that relationships between verbal anchors from different dimensions that are assessed (e.g. thermal sensation and comfort) do not change. Another inherent assumption is that such scales are inde- pendent of the context in which they are used (climate zone, season, etc.). Despite their use worldwide, there is indication that contextual differences influence the way the scales are perceived and therefore question the reliability of the scales’ interpretation. To address this issue, a large international collabo- rative questionnaire study was conducted in 26 countries, using 21 different languages, which led to a dataset of 8225 questionnaires. Results, analysed by means of robust statistical techniques, revealed that only a subset of the responses are in accordance with the mentioned assumptions. Significant differences appeared between groups of participants in their perception of the scales, both in relation to distances of the anchors and relationships between scales. It was also found that respondents’ interpretations of scales changed with contextual factors, such as climate, season, and language. These findings highlight the need to carefully consider context-dependent factors in interpreting and reporting results from ther- mal comfort studies or post-occupancy evaluations, as well as to revisit the use of rating scales and the analysis methods used in thermal comfort studies to improve their reliability.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries  Energy and Buildings;211
dc.subjectThermal comforten_US
dc.subjectThermal acceptanceen_US
dc.subjectThermal sensationen_US
dc.subjectField studyen_US
dc.subjectScalesen_US
dc.subjectPost-Occupancy-Evaluation; Climatic zoneen_US
dc.subjectLanguageen_US
dc.subjectSeasonen_US
dc.subjectAdaptationen_US
dc.subjectDiversityen_US
dc.titleEvaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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