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Strain Gaged와 A/D 변환기를 이용한 하중, 변형률 측정장치 제작 (Design and Assembling of Load and Strain Measuring Equipment using Strain Gage and A/D Converter)

  • 박태근;양민복;백태현
    • 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정밀공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.293-294
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    • 2006
  • The conventional strain measuring device is costly and complicated - it is not simple to understand its structure. Hence, strain gage and the A/D converter are assembled to come up with a load and a strain measuring device. The device was tested for measuring the strain in a loaded specimen and the experimental results were compared to those obtained by a commercial strain indicator.

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블루투스 기반 LED 알람 무드등 (Bluetooth based LED Alarm Lamp)

  • 진태석;백지헌;김청솔;김지태;이현규
    • 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보통신학회 2016년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.602-604
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    • 2016
  • 본 논문에서는 블루투스를 기반으로 실내의 조명, LED 그리고 알람시계를 제어할 수 있는 것을 제안한다. 제안된 블루투스 기반 LED 알람 무드등(Bluetooth based LED Alarm Lamp)은 블루투스 모듈을 이용하여 ON/OFF를 할 수 있으며, 조도센서 및 전압을 변압시켜 ON/OFF 및 빛 밝기를 조정할 수 있도록 설계하였다. 또한 7-segment를 이용하여 시계를 표시하였고 피에조 부조를 이용하여 시간에 맞춰 알람을 울리게 할 수 있도록 설계하였다. 그리고 터치센서를 이용하여 전압을 낮춰 빛 밝기를 조절할 수 있다. 또한 알람을 맞출 수 있는 기능을 추가하였다. 본 작품(블루투스 기반 LED 알람 무드등)은 환경이 어두울 때 전압이 유지되고 있다면 자동으로 ON되는 시스템으로 거주자의 방에 안락한 내부 환경을 제공할 수 있다. 그리고 약한 불빛으로 인한 수면 시간의 질을 향상시킬 수 있는 것에 중점을 두어 설계하였다.

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전자건반악기를 이용한 악기 자율학습기 개발 (Development of a Self Instrument Learning Tool Using an Electronic Keyboard and PC Software)

  • 임기정;이정철
    • 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.51-62
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    • 2012
  • 본 논문에서는 초등학교 저학년 학생들이 쉽고 효율적으로 건반악기 연주 방법을 학습할 수 있도록 개발한 악기 자율학습기를 설명한다. 개발한 악기 자율학습기는 PC기반의 학습 소프트웨어와 외장 전자건반악기 모듈로 구성된다. 우리는 USB 인터페이스를 적용한 전자건반악기와 PC용 S/W를 연동하여 악기 연주에 필요한 정보를 PC 화면에 제공하는 기능과 타자연습과 유사한 형식의 게임을 통해 학습내용을 재미있게 복습하는 기능을 구현하였다. 개발한 외장 전자건반모듈은 USB 인터페이스를 통하여 PC로부터 선택적으로 악기연주 안내정보를 수신하여 LED 및 7-세그먼트에 표시해줌으로써 초보자들이 쉽게 악보 내 음계와 건반의 상관관계를 숙지할 수 있도록 하였다. 또한 사용자가 건반을 잘못 눌렀을 때 이를 감지하여 LED와 PC 화면에 안내정보를 출력하도록 구현하였다. 구현된 악기 자율학습기를 이용한 악보 연주 실험을 통하여 학습효율이 향상됨을 확인하였다.

Perceptional Change of a New Product, DMB Phone

  • Kim, Ju-Young;Ko, Deok-Im
    • 마케팅과학연구
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    • 제18권3호
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    • pp.59-88
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    • 2008
  • Digital Convergence means integration between industry, technology, and contents, and in marketing, it usually comes with creation of new types of product and service under the base of digital technology as digitalization progress in electro-communication industries including telecommunication, home appliance, and computer industries. One can see digital convergence not only in instruments such as PC, AV appliances, cellular phone, but also in contents, network, service that are required in production, modification, distribution, re-production of information. Convergence in contents started around 1990. Convergence in network and service begins as broadcasting and telecommunication integrates and DMB(digital multimedia broadcasting), born in May, 2005 is the symbolic icon in this trend. There are some positive and negative expectations about DMB. The reason why two opposite expectations exist is that DMB does not come out from customer's need but from technology development. Therefore, customers might have hard time to interpret the real meaning of DMB. Time is quite critical to a high tech product, like DMB because another product with same function from different technology can replace the existing product within short period of time. If DMB does not positioning well to customer's mind quickly, another products like Wibro, IPTV, or HSPDA could replace it before it even spreads out. Therefore, positioning strategy is critical for success of DMB product. To make correct positioning strategy, one needs to understand how consumer interprets DMB and how consumer's interpretation can be changed via communication strategy. In this study, we try to investigate how consumer perceives a new product, like DMB and how AD strategy change consumer's perception. More specifically, the paper segment consumers into sub-groups based on their DMB perceptions and compare their characteristics in order to understand how they perceive DMB. And, expose them different printed ADs that have messages guiding consumer think DMB in specific ways, either cellular phone or personal TV. Research Question 1: Segment consumers according to perceptions about DMB and compare characteristics of segmentations. Research Question 2: Compare perceptions about DMB after AD that induces categorization of DMB in direction for each segment. If one understand and predict a direction in which consumer perceive a new product, firm can select target customers easily. We segment consumers according to their perception and analyze characteristics in order to find some variables that can influence perceptions, like prior experience, usage, or habit. And then, marketing people can use this variables to identify target customers and predict their perceptions. If one knows how customer's perception is changed via AD message, communication strategy could be constructed properly. Specially, information from segmented customers helps to develop efficient AD strategy for segment who has prior perception. Research framework consists of two measurements and one treatment, O1 X O2. First observation is for collecting information about consumer's perception and their characteristics. Based on first observation, the paper segment consumers into two groups, one group perceives DMB similar to Cellular phone and the other group perceives DMB similar to TV. And compare characteristics of two segments in order to find reason why they perceive DMB differently. Next, we expose two kinds of AD to subjects. One AD describes DMB as Cellular phone and the other Ad describes DMB as personal TV. When two ADs are exposed to subjects, consumers don't know their prior perception of DMB, in other words, which subject belongs 'similar-to-Cellular phone' segment or 'similar-to-TV' segment? However, we analyze the AD's effect differently for each segment. In research design, final observation is for investigating AD effect. Perception before AD is compared with perception after AD. Comparisons are made for each segment and for each AD. For the segment who perceives DMB similar to TV, AD that describes DMB as cellular phone could change the prior perception. And AD that describes DMB as personal TV, could enforce the prior perception. For data collection, subjects are selected from undergraduate students because they have basic knowledge about most digital equipments and have open attitude about a new product and media. Total number of subjects is 240. In order to measure perception about DMB, we use indirect measurement, comparison with other similar digital products. To select similar digital products, we pre-survey students and then finally select PDA, Car-TV, Cellular Phone, MP3 player, TV, and PSP. Quasi experiment is done at several classes under instructor's allowance. After brief introduction, prior knowledge, awareness, and usage about DMB as well as other digital instruments is asked and their similarities and perceived characteristics are measured. And then, two kinds of manipulated color-printed AD are distributed and similarities and perceived characteristics for DMB are re-measured. Finally purchase intension, AD attitude, manipulation check, and demographic variables are asked. Subjects are given small gift for participation. Stimuli are color-printed advertising. Their actual size is A4 and made after several pre-test from AD professionals and students. As results, consumers are segmented into two subgroups based on their perceptions of DMB. Similarity measure between DMB and cellular phone and similarity measure between DMB and TV are used to classify consumers. If subject whose first measure is less than the second measure, she is classified into segment A and segment A is characterized as they perceive DMB like TV. Otherwise, they are classified as segment B, who perceives DMB like cellular phone. Discriminant analysis on these groups with their characteristics of usage and attitude shows that Segment A knows much about DMB and uses a lot of digital instrument. Segment B, who thinks DMB as cellular phone doesn't know well about DMB and not familiar with other digital instruments. So, consumers with higher knowledge perceive DMB similar to TV because launching DMB advertising lead consumer think DMB as TV. Consumers with less interest on digital products don't know well about DMB AD and then think DMB as cellular phone. In order to investigate perceptions of DMB as well as other digital instruments, we apply Proxscal analysis, Multidimensional Scaling technique at SPSS statistical package. At first step, subjects are presented 21 pairs of 7 digital instruments and evaluate similarity judgments on 7 point scale. And for each segment, their similarity judgments are averaged and similarity matrix is made. Secondly, Proxscal analysis of segment A and B are done. At third stage, get similarity judgment between DMB and other digital instruments after AD exposure. Lastly, similarity judgments of group A-1, A-2, B-1, and B-2 are named as 'after DMB' and put them into matrix made at the first stage. Then apply Proxscal analysis on these matrixes and check the positional difference of DMB and after DMB. The results show that map of segment A, who perceives DMB similar as TV, shows that DMB position closer to TV than to Cellular phone as expected. Map of segment B, who perceive DMB similar as cellular phone shows that DMB position closer to Cellular phone than to TV as expected. Stress value and R-square is acceptable. And, change results after stimuli, manipulated Advertising show that AD makes DMB perception bent toward Cellular phone when Cellular phone-like AD is exposed, and that DMB positioning move towards Car-TV which is more personalized one when TV-like AD is exposed. It is true for both segment, A and B, consistently. Furthermore, the paper apply correspondence analysis to the same data and find almost the same results. The paper answers two main research questions. The first one is that perception about a new product is made mainly from prior experience. And the second one is that AD is effective in changing and enforcing perception. In addition to above, we extend perception change to purchase intention. Purchase intention is high when AD enforces original perception. AD that shows DMB like TV makes worst intention. This paper has limitations and issues to be pursed in near future. Methodologically, current methodology can't provide statistical test on the perceptual change, since classical MDS models, like Proxscal and correspondence analysis are not probability models. So, a new probability MDS model for testing hypothesis about configuration needs to be developed. Next, advertising message needs to be developed more rigorously from theoretical and managerial perspective. Also experimental procedure could be improved for more realistic data collection. For example, web-based experiment and real product stimuli and multimedia presentation could be employed. Or, one can display products together in simulated shop. In addition, demand and social desirability threats of internal validity could influence on the results. In order to handle the threats, results of the model-intended advertising and other "pseudo" advertising could be compared. Furthermore, one can try various level of innovativeness in order to check whether it make any different results (cf. Moon 2006). In addition, if one can create hypothetical product that is really innovative and new for research, it helps to make a vacant impression status and then to study how to form impression in more rigorous way.

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영상보간법을 이용한 디지털 치근단 방사선영상의 개선에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Improvement of Digital Periapical Images using Image Interpolation Methods)

  • 송남규;고광준
    • 치과방사선
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    • 제28권2호
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    • pp.387-413
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    • 1998
  • Image resampling is of particular interest in digital radiology. When resampling an image to a new set of coordinate, there appears blocking artifacts and image changes. To enhance image quality, interpolation algorithms have been used. Resampling is used to increase the number of points in an image to improve its appearance for display. The process of interpolation is fitting a continuous function to the discrete points in the digital image. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the seven interpolation functions when image resampling in digital periapical images. The images were obtained by Digora, CDR and scanning of Ektaspeed plus periapical radiograms on the dry skull and human subject. The subjects were exposed to intraoral X-ray machine at 60kVp and 70 kVp with exposure time varying between 0.01 and 0.50 second. To determine which interpolation method would provide the better image, seven functions were compared; (1) nearest neighbor (2) linear (3) non-linear (4) facet model (5) cubic convolution (6) cubic spline (7) gray segment expansion. And resampled images were compared in terms of SNR(Signal to Noise Ratio) and MTF(Modulation Transfer Function) coefficient value. The obtained results were as follows ; 1. The highest SNR value(75.96dB) was obtained with cubic convolution method and the lowest SNR value(72.44dB) was obtained with facet model method among seven interpolation methods. 2. There were significant differences of SNR values among CDR, Digora and film scan(P<0.05). 3. There were significant differences of SNR values between 60kVp and 70kVp in seven interpolation methods. There were significant differences of SNR values between facet model method and those of the other methods at 60kVp(P<0.05), but there were not significant differences of SNR values among seven interpolation methods at 70kVp(P>0.05). 4. There were significant differences of MTF coefficient values between linear interpolation method and the other six interpolation methods (P< 0.05). 5. The speed of computation time was the fastest with nearest -neighbor method and the slowest with non-linear method. 6. The better image was obtained with cubic convolution, cubic spline and gray segment method in ROC analysis. 7. The better sharpness of edge was obtained with gray segment expansion method among seven interpolation methods.

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20, 30대 성인남성의 캐주얼 의류 쇼핑 성향과 자기 이미지 및 점포 속성에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Shopping Orientation, Self-image, and the Store Attributes of the Men in Twenties and Thirties)

  • 신수연;김용덕
    • 복식문화연구
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    • 제8권2호
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    • pp.305-314
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    • 2000
  • The purposes of this study were (1) to segment the men in twenties and thirties according to apparel shopping orientation and (2) to create a profile for each group with regard to importance of store attributes, self-image and demographic variables. The questionnaire was administered to men in twenties and thirties living in Seoul and data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, factor analysis, cluster analysis, χ²-test, and one-way ANOVA. The results were as follows : 1) By cluster analysis of apparel shopping orientation factors, three groups were identified : (1) ostentatious shopper(44.5%), (2) practical shopper(21.8%), and (3) individuality-pursuit shopper(33.7%). 2) Three groups were compared on store attributes and self-image. Significant differences were found among the three groups on two variables. Ostentatious shoppers pursued the masculine and sophisticated image and tended to prefer the store image and reputation, convenient transportation and parking place, and variety of products. Practical shoppers pursued the self-image which reflected the conservative and not-noticeable image and considered the moderate price of the products most importantly. Finally, individuality-pursuit shoppers preferred the sexy and noticeable image and considered the display and accommodation of the trendy products. 3) In terms of the demographic variables the significant differences were found on education, occupation, monthly income, and marital status. In general ostentatious shoppers tended to earn higher monthly income than those of the two groups. Practical shoppers tended to be well-educated and individuality-pursuit shoppers tended not to be married.

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Fourteen new species of Allobathynella Morimoto and Miura, 1957 from South Korea: with a redescription of A. coreana Morimoto, 1970 (Crustacea, Bathynellacea, Parabathynellidae)

  • Park, Jong-Geun;Cho, Joo-Lae
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.49-156
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    • 2016
  • Fourteen new species and A. coreana Morimoto, 1970 of Allobathynella Morimoto and Miura, 1957 are (re-)described and illustrated from the Korean Penninsula. Comparison of the external morphology of these species and two previously known species, A. japonica Morimoto and Miura, 1957 and A. shinjongieei Park and Cho, 2008 enables us to amend the generic diagnosis. A 7-segmented antennule turns out to be inconsistent character due to A. wonjuensis sp. nov., which has a 6-segmented antennule. On the other hand, the exopodal distal segment of thoracopods I-VII with a tiny terminal knob and with outer seta covered by long and strong barbs is proved to be a autapomorphic character of the genus. The 14 new species belong to the mirabilis-group and display more or less similar morphology. However, they differ from A. coreana, A. japonica and A. shinjongieei and from each other not only in quantitative but also in qualitative characters. These differences are summarized in tables. The species inhabit hyporheic zones of rivers and each appears to be highly endemic to a given tributary, having a range limit less than 100 km.

급성 유기인계 중독과 관련된 초기 심전도 변화 (Initial Electrocardiographic Changes associated with Clinical Severity in Acute Organophosphate Poisoning)

  • 이환중;윤재철;정태오;진영호;이재백
    • 대한임상독성학회지
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    • 제7권2호
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    • pp.69-76
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    • 2009
  • Purpose: Various electrocardiogram (ECG) changes can occur in patients with acute organophosphate poisoning (OPP) and may be associated with the clinical severity of poisoning. The present study aimed to evaluate the extent and frequency of ECG changes and cardiac manifestations, and their association with acute OPP clinical severity. Methods: Seventy-two adult patients admitted to our emergency department with a diagnosis of acute OPP were studied retrospectively. ECG changes and cardiac manifestations at admission were evaluated. ECG changes between respiratory failure (RF) group and no respiratory failure (no RF) groups were compared. Results: Prolongation of QTc interval (n=40, 55.6%) was the most common ECG change, followed by sinus tachycardia (n=36, 50.0%). ST-T wave changes such as ST segment elevation or depression and T wave change (inversion or non-specific change) were evident in 16 patients (22.2%). Prolongation of QTc interval was significantly higher in the RF group compared with the no RF group (p=0.03), but was not an independent predictor for RF in acute OPP (OR; 4.00, 95% CI; 0.70-23.12, p=0.12). Conclusion: While patients with acute OPP can display ECG changes that include prolongation of QTc interval, sinus tachycardia, and ST-T wave changes at admission, these changes are not predictors of respiratory failure.

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Microcomputer를 이용(利用)한 Data Acquisition System에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) (A Microcomputer-Based Data Acquisition System)

  • 김기대;김상래
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • 제7권2호
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    • pp.18-29
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    • 1983
  • 효율적(效率的)인 농업기계(農業機械)의 실내(室內) 및 실외실험(室外實驗)을 위(爲)하여 Microcomputer에 의(依)한 Data 측정(測定)을 위(爲)해 A/D 변환기(變煥器)를 Interface 시키고, 이를 기록보관(記錄保管)하기 위해 Computer memory인 2716용(用) EPROM programmer와 Microprinter를 interface시켰고, 실험(實驗) 후(後)Data를 다시 HP computer로 전송(傳送)하기 위(爲)한 RS232C 장치(裝置) 등(等)의 Hardware를 구성(構成)하고, 이들의 작동(作動)을 위(爲)한 Microprogram을 개발(開發)하여 Data acquisition system으로 활용(活用)할 수 있는 방안(方案)을 연구(硏究)한 본(本) 연구(硏究)의 주요(主要) 결과(結果)를 요약(要約)하면 다음과 같다. 1. 사용(使用) channel수(數), 측정시간(測定時間) 간격(間隔) 및 측정(測定) data수(數)를 자유(自由)로 조정할 수 있는 측정용(測定用) microprogram을 개발(開發)하였으며 최소(最小) 측정시간(測定時間) 간격(間隔)은 $58.8{\mu}s$이었다. 2. A/D 변환기(變煥器)의 Calibration을 위(爲)해 Function generator에서 삼각파(三角波), 구형파(矩形波), sin파등(波等)을 발생(發生)시켜 Oscillograph에서 확인(確認)하고 이를 계측(計測)하여 보관(保管)한 후(後) HP Computer에 전송(傳送)하여 plotting한 결과(結果) 정확(正確)한 파형(波形)을 얻을 수 있었다. 3. Data 기록(紀錄)을 위(爲)한 EPROM programmer는 잘 동작(動作)하였으며 기록(紀錄) 및 원래(原來)의 Data와 비교(比較)하는 데 총 소요시간(所要時間)은 75초 정도였고, 취급이 용이(容易)할 뿐 아니라 지워서 재사용(再使用)할 수 있어 경제적(經濟的)이었다. 4. Data의 기록(記錄)을 위(爲)한 Microprinter는 그 2kB Decimal로 변환(變換)시켜 Print하는 시간(時間)이 15분(分) 정도이었으며 계측(計測)과 동시(同時)에 기록(記錄)시키는 완속측정용(緩速測定用)으로 적당하였다. 5. 본(本) system과 HP3000 컴퓨터 간(間)의 Data 전송(傳送) 장치(裝置)를 사용(使用)하면 2k byte의 Data를 HP3000 computer로 전송(傳送)하는데 1~2분(分)정도 소요(所要)되었고, 작동(作動)은 만족스러웠다. 6. 사용(使用) 전원(電源)은 DC/DC 변환기(變煥器)를 사용(使用)하여 입력전원(入力電源)이 7~25V로 단일화(單一化)하였으며, 그 상용전류(常用電流)는 1.8A정도로 tractor의 battery를 사용(使用)할 경우도 시동시(始動時)에 전압강하(電壓降下)에 의(依)한 컴퓨터의 오동작(誤動作)이 일어나지 않았으며 야외실험(野外實驗)에서의 적응성(適應性)이 우수하였다. 이상(以上)의 결과(結果)를 종합할 때 본(本) system은 실내(室內) 및 실외(室外) 실험(實驗)을 위(爲)한 Data auquistition system으로 활용(活用)할 수 있으며 경제적면(經濟的面)이나 정말 고속 측정(側定) 면(面)에서 우수한 성능(性能)을 갖춘 것으로 인정(認定)된다.

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소비자의 라이프스타일에 따른 서비스품질 지각 차이에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Consumer's Service Quality Perception Based on the Types of Life-style)

  • 박윤서;이승인;최인
    • 마케팅과학연구
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    • 제19권2호
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    • pp.53-67
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    • 2009
  • For the last decades, service quality has been studied as one of the most important tools for a service company to compete with the other companies. Based on these past researches, it has been agreed that the service quality is a basic and powerful tool to create the competitive advantage. Due to similar reason, many service marketing practitioners have been also focused on the service quality to retain the existing consumers and collect the new consumers. However, service quality is subjectively perceived by individual consumers. Consumer evaluation of service quality can be different from each other. Especially consumers with one life-style may evaluate the service quality differently from the consumers with the other life-styles. Therefore we need to know whether there are differences in service quality perception on the categories of life-style. Life-style refers to a distinctive mode of living in its aggregate and broadest sense. It embodies the patterns that were developed and emerged from the dynamics of living in a society. Since the concept of life-style and its relationship to marketing was introduced in 1963 by William Lazer, methods of measuring the life-style and their application have been developed. Life-style has been usually used to segment the marketplace because it offers marketers a unique and important view of the market. When Life-style is combined with clustering methods, life-style segmentation can generate identifiable whole persons rather than isolated fragment. Life-style segmentation begins with people instead of products and classifies them into different life-style types, each characterized by a unique style of living based on a wide range of activities, interests, and opinions(Plummer, 1974). In this study we applies the life-style segmentation based on the AIO(Activities, Interests, and Opinions) to the consumers of the large discount stores. In Korea, the large discount store market has entered into maturity stage so that the market differentiation strategy is becoming a more critical issue to the marketing practitioners. One of the most important tools to differentiate from the competitors in large discount store market is continuously to provide service of better quality than competitors. This study tries to find answers about the following questions: 1) How can we categorize the consumer life-styles in the large discount store? 2) What are the characteristics of the categorized groups? 3) Are there any differences in service quality perception among the consumers with different life-styles 4) Are there any differences in consumer behavior among them in the large discount store? For the purpose, we collected survey data from consumers and analyzed the data with the SPSS package where we had $X^2$-test, factor analysis, ANOVA, MANOVA, and cluster analysis. The survey was made during one month in the April of 2008. Among the collected 306 copies of questionnaires, 281 copies were chosen as the effective samples for empirical analysis except 25 copies with wrong responses. To identify the life-style patterns, we used the measures employed by Kim and Kwon(1999), where 44 items on a seven-point scale were used to measure factors of the life-style patterns. The Principal Component Method was used for factor extraction, and the VARIMAX orthogonal factor rotation was employed. The 7 items showing low factor loading were eliminated. The results of the factor analysis suggested that nine factors of the life-style patterns were identified as follows: 1) the equality-of-sexes and pursuit-of-independence tendency 2) self-management tendency 3) sociable tendency 4) self-display tendency 5) degree of a dilettante life 6) pursuit-of-information tendency 7) bargain hunter tendency 8) TV preference tendency 9) pursuit-of-leisure tendency. Next, after the K-means cluster analysis was performed with nine factors of the life-style patterns, the life-styles of the respondents were classified into four groups which are named as the 'progressive practicality-oriented group', 'positive success-oriented group', 'sociable ostentation-oriented group', 'stable conservation-oriented group'. The analysis results for usage behavior between the market segments showed statistically significant differences in the frequency of usage, duration time in the store, consumer satisfaction, and loyalty. Also, we tried to investigate whether the large discount store consumers differently perceive the quality of service based upon the types of life-style. To measure the service quality of large discount store, we adapted several measurement models measuring the service quality such as SERVPERF, BCP, R-SERVPERF, R-BCP. MANOVA and One-Way ANOVA were performed to confirm the difference in service quality perception based on the market segments. The results have also shown significant differences between life-style types in service quality perception. These findings show that the large discount store marketers should consider consumer life-style as one of the most important market segments for marketing and understand the difference in service quality perception between life-style types. Our findings give important implications to marketers of large discount stores as well as life-style researchers. First, this study showed there were significant differences in consumer's service quality perception and usage behavior between the types of life-style. It provides evidence that the life-style approach can be a important basis in segmenting the large discount store market and will make consumers perceive the service quality high. Second, most previous researches on service quality have been in aggregate level. However, our results imply that the future research on service quality have to focus on segment level.

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