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Author
Margulis, S. T.
Title
Methodology for Evaluating Housing in Use: A Case Study Approach.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
Sponsor
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
Report
NBSIR 81-2258, June 1981,
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Keywords
housing studies; residential housing; evaluation; user needs | operation breakthrough | occupants
Abstract
The National Bureau of Standards (NBS) has prepared a report on the methodology of Project Feedback, the evaluation of Operation Breakthrough housing in use (a post-occupancy housing evaluation). The report introduces housing evaluations and encourages their use by providing both housing questionnaires and a nontechnical, practical discussion of research methods in general and of survey research in particular. To increase the sophistication of housing evaluation research designs, the report includes a tested approach for selecting control group respondents for housing evaluations. In addition, it summarizes results of NBS's housing evaluations, principally to illustrate ways of categorizing (coding) occupants' answers, but also to introduce these studies and their results. The case study approach is meant to encourage readers to build on NBS's experiences.