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http://dx.doi.org/10.5143/JESK.2011.30.3.389

Stereotype for Control-display Relationship of Four-burner Range for Korean  

Kee, Do-Hyung (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Keimyung University)
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Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea / v.30, no.3, 2011 , pp. 389-394 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aims of this study are to investigate the Korean population stereotype for control-display linkage of four-burner gas-range, and to compare the results of this study with those of the existing studies. The investigation used a paper-pencil test using questionnaire with a sign code system for eliminating suggestive effect of sequential code. Two hundreds and eighty subjects participated in the investigation, among whom 254 subjects effectively responded to question for the gas-range stereotype. The results showed that type III(refer to Table 2) was chosen more frequently than type II, IV and V(p<0.01). The gender is not significant on responding rate for the type of control-burner linkage(p>0.92), while the age and occupation have significant effect on the rate(p<0.01). Based on this study, it appears that type III represents the population stereotype of control-burner arrangement for Korean. The stereotype was the same as that of Chinese, but different from that of American(type II or IV). The findings of this study would be helpful as basic data for ergonomically designing gas-range or similar products.
Keywords
Stereotype; Compatibility; Four-burner range; Suggestive effect;
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