1. Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe?
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Gesche M. Huebner, Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo, Jyotirmay Mathur, Veronica Soebarto, Eleni Ampatzi, Jörg Trojan, Di Mou, Ana De Abreu, Maureen Trebilcock, Mohammad Tahsildoost, Chungyoon Chun, Anna Marquardsen, Jesica Fernández-Agüera, Vanessa Lindermayr, Marcellinus Okafor, Edward Ng, Hein A.M. Daanen, Marcel Schweiker, Joon-Ho Choi, Mireille Folkerts, Masanori Shukuya, Mark R. O. Olweny, Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly, Amina Batagarawa, Mohammadbagher Mahaki, M. C.Jeffrey Lee, Gabriel Gaona, Arjan J. H. Frijns, Laura Marín-Restrepo, Priyam Tewari, Carolina Buonocore, Suhendri Suhendri, I Rajapaksha, Samar Thapa, Nelson King, Salman Shooshtarian, Maíra André, Bahareh Bannazadeh, Farah Al-Atrash, Roberto Lamberts, M. Donny Koerniawan, Bin Cao, Azadeh Montazami, Saif Rashid, Runa Tabea Hellwig, Shivraj Dhaka, Rea Risky Alprianti, Yeung Yam, Djamila Harimi, Christoph Reinhart, Jakub Kolarik, Lyrian Daniel, Renata De Vecchi, Shahla Ghaffari Jabbari, Yoonhee Lee, Wanlu Ouyang, Isabel Mino-Rodriguez, Hayder Alsaad, Greici Ramos, Mina Jowkar, Edyta Dudkiewicz, Vishal Garg, Mazyar Salmanzadeh, Shailendra Kumar, Jungsoo Kim, Bassam Moujalled, Conrad Voelker, Liu Yang, Udochukwu Marcel-Okafor, Marta Laska, Yongchao Zhai, Hanan Al-Khatri, Alison G. Kwok, Alpha Yacob Arsano, Siti Aisyah Damiati, Stefano Schiavon, Quan Jin, Susanne Becker, Ruqayyatu B. Tukur, Mia Nakajima, Rucha Amin, Despoina Teli, Alexis Pérez-Fargallo, Karin Schakib-Ekbatan, Boris Kingma, Francesco Martellotta, Ma Isabel Rivera, Federico Tartarini, Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster, Yingxin Zhu, Zahra Sadat Zomorodian, Elie Azar, Stephanie Gauthier, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas I (ETSA), Universidad de Sevilla. TEP130: Arquitectura, Patrimonio y Sostenibilidad: Acústica, Iluminación, Óptica y Energía, Energy Technology, EIRES Eng. for Sustainable Energy Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology [Eindhoven] (TU/e), Department of Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology [Newark] (NJIT), Centre d'Etudes et d'Expertise sur les Risques, l'Environnement, la Mobilité et l'Aménagement - Direction Centre-Est (Cerema Direction Centre-Est), Centre d'Etudes et d'Expertise sur les Risques, l'Environnement, la Mobilité et l'Aménagement (Cerema), Centre d'Etudes et d'Expertise sur les Risques, l'Environnement, la Mobilité et l'Aménagement - Equipe-projet BPE (Cerema Equipe-projet BPE), Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Universita degli Studi di Padova, College of Engineering [Beijing], China Agricultural University (CAU), Physiology, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, and AMS - Ageing & Vitality
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Post-Occupancy-Evaluation ,020209 energy ,media_common.quotation_subject ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Scales ,Context (language use) ,Climatic zone [Post-Occupancy-Evaluation] ,02 engineering and technology ,Thermal comfort ,Post-occupancy evaluation ,Engineering ,ddc:690 ,Rating scale ,Perception ,021105 building & construction ,SDG 13 - Climate Action ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Buildings ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Adaptation ,cales ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Reliability (statistics) ,Civil and Structural Engineering ,media_common ,Language ,Sensory evaluation ,SeasonLanguage ,Building & Construction ,Diversity ,[SPI.GCIV.CD]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Civil Engineering/Construction durable ,Climatic zone ,Field study ,Season ,Thermal acceptance ,Thermal sensation ,Mechanical Engineering ,Field studyS ,Building and Construction ,Degree (music) ,Built Environment and Design ,Scale (social sciences) ,Psychology ,Cognitive psychology - Abstract
People'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 collected 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 independent 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 collaborative 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 thermal 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.My individual contribution: Runa T. Hellwig: Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing - Original Draft \ my contribution like all authors Investigation, Writing - Review & Editing, ResourcesInvestigation, Writing - Review & Editing, ResourcesRuna T. Hellwig: Conceptualization,Methodology, Visualization, Writing - Original DraftRuna T. Hellwig: Conceptualization,Methodology, Visualization, Writing - Original DraftRuna T. Hellwig: Conceptualization,Methodology, Visualization, Writing - Original DraftAuthor statementAll authors: Investigation, Writing - Review & Editing, Resources Marcel Schweiker: Conceptualization,Methodology, Visualization, Formal analysis, Writing - Original Draft Rucha Amin: Conceptualization,Methodology Susanne Becker: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - Original Draft Joon-Ho Choi:Conceptualization, Methodology Chungyoon Chun: Conceptualization, Methodology Lyrian Daniel:Writing - Original Draft Renata De Vecchi: Writing - Original Draft Stephanie Gauthier:Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - Original Draft Runa T. Hellwig: Conceptualization,Methodology, Visualization, Writing - Original Draft Gesche M Huebner: Conceptualization,Methodology, Writing - Original Draft Jungsoo Kim: Conceptualization, Methodology Jakub Kolarik:Writing - Original Draft M.C. Jeffrey Lee: Conceptualization, Methodology Karin Schakib-Ekbatan:Conceptualization, Methodology Despoina Teli: Conceptualization, Methodology Conrad Voelker:Writing - Original Draft
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- 2020
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