Traditional and Unique Homes

The purpose of this study is to examine the difference in the preferences of the traditional and unique homes among the participants with self-protection or control stories. We expect that there will be a significant difference linking the participants’ preference for traditional homes, depending on whether they saw the story designed to make them concerned with self-protection or the control story. Traditional homes used the old architecture and material that are very had to find in the modern world. Most of these houses are very expensive because of the costly furniture and materials used that are rare to find. It is described that people who read the self-protection story read a story designed to make them concerned with self-protection. Those who had the control story read a story designed to leave their concerns unaffected from typical concerns. Further, we expect that there will be no significant difference in the participants’ preference for the unique homes, based on whether they saw the story designed to make them concerned with self-protection or the control story. A unique home is different and distinct from other homes. These homes are characterized by their value, the layout of the home, or the number of extravagant upgrades. The location or geographical region and architecture also play a significant difference. Moreover, the study will expect that most of the participants will go for unique homes compared to traditional homes. That is, the frequency of the participants who will prefer the unique homes will be higher. The reason why a participant may like to have a unique home is that they want to have new experiences, in beautiful, precious, and cozy homes. 

Materials and Methods 

The participants in this study are individuals who were interviewed on self-protection concerns and preferences for unique designs. Participants were asked about their preference and how they will want to spend money on either traditional or unique houses compared to the average homeowner. A sample of 32 participants was taken with self-protection or the control stories. They were requested to rate how much they would be willing to spend on each of 10 houses.  

The data covered ten houses where the first five of these houses had unique home designs, while the final five had traditional home designs. From the ten houses, information collected was on how a participant will be willing to spend on the ten houses compared to the owner. The house preference of the participant was measured on a nine-point Likert scale (1 represents a much less than the average homeowner, 5- above average, and 9 - Much more than the average homeowner). Participants were based on concerns , where (1 = self-protection Story and 2- the control story). 

For the first question, we will examine if participants’ preference for traditional homes differ significantly based on whether they saw the story designed to make them concerned with self-protection or the control story. The traditional home designs are a nominal variable that is measured by a Likert scale of 9-points. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) will be used. In the second question , we will examine if there is a significant difference in the participants’ preference for the unique homes based on the self-protection or the control story. The unique homes are a nominal variable that is measured (1 represents a much less than the average homeowner, 5- above average, and 9 - Much more than the average homeowner). The participant concerns were (1 = self-protection story and 2- the control story). In the last question, explains if unique and traditional homes differ. The data will be analyzed using the bar graphs to show the frequency of each rating of the participant preferences.  

Procedure  

The study employed a stratified sampling method. This is a technique where the participants were divided into two categories , based on their self-protection and the control stories called strata. Each stratum shares distinct characteristics. The sample was then selected from each group at random. In this context, the population is divided into two sections , based on their self-protection and the control stories. The sampling consisted of people who work and are comfortable with their income. They were selected at random for each of the two groups.  

A questionnaire was designed , comprising of all the ten questions on traditional and unique homes. The researcher sought approval from the institution and relevant authorities to gather information from the public. Then, the research assistant went to the field where he or she presented himself and explained the purpose of the stud y to the potential participants. When the participant agreed to take part, the researcher issue d the questionnaire , where they were asked to answer the question. If the participant requi r ed assistance, the research assistant aided. Next, the questionnaire was kept safe in an envelop , because of confidentiality and privacy issues. Lastly, the data w as entered into Microsoft Excel file and kept for analysis.  

Results 

The study sought to establish if there is a significant difference in the preferences of traditional homes based on self-protection or the control story.  

Table 1 : Traditional homes and self-protection or control story 

Table 1 above shows the ANOVA results for the different preferences of traditional homes with the self-protection or the control story. The p-values for all the 5 traditional homes are greater, compared to alpha = 0.05. Thus, we deduce that there is no significant difference linking the traditional homes and the self-protection or the control story. 

Unique homes 

Table 2 : Traditional homes and self-protection or control story 

Table 2 above shows the ANOVA for the different preferences of unique homes with the self-protection or the control story. The p-values for all the 5 unique homes is greater compared to alpha = 0.05. Thus, we deduce that there is no significant difference linking the unique home and the self-protection or the control story. 

Table 3 : Traditional Homes 

Table 4 : Unique Homes 

Table 3 shows the average score for the rating of the traditional homes is greater compared to that of the unique homes (Table 4). This person preferred unique homes compared to traditional houses. 

Conclusion 

As expected, traditional homes are insignificantly different based on the self-protection or the control story. This supported our hypothesis. Further, our expectation was not met, since there was no significant difference in the unique houses with the self-protection or the control story. Most of the respondents prefer traditional and unique homes. For the unique homes compared to traditional homes, the result did not support our hypothesis. 

The study expects that there are common errors that will arise from data collection. This will result in incorrect data, that will lead to misleading results. It is caused by lack of training and vetting of the respondents. Hence, there is need to train the research assistants to ensure that the data collected from respondents is reliable.