James E Christensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5857335 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James E Christensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | James E |
| FAMILY NAME | Christensen |
| SIGNATURE | CHRISTENSEN J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The relationship between biophysical and social setting factors in the recreation opportunity spectrum
Descriptions of the relationships between the setting components (biophysical and social) of the recreation opportunity spectrum can be taken to be unidimensional and linear. Data on biophysical and social setting preferences of campers were used to test whether campers’ preferences reflect linear arrangements of components or whether relationships are more complex. The results indicate that there are multiple linear and nonlinear relationships b…
Principal components‐like procedures for cross‐tabulated recreation data
A principal components‐like method for analyzing cross‐tabulated recreation data is illustrated. Application of the proposed method is to data concerned with information search by re creationists selecting an urban park in which to recreate. The advantages of the methodology introduced over the usual methods for analyzing recreation data in cross‐classification tables are illustrated
Factors Influencing Outdoor Recreation Participation
Data were collected in 1984 from a sample of Ohio residents to evaluate the merits of a theoretical perspective derived from discussions focused on the role of early life experiences, personal community factors, and opportunity variables. The purpose of the study was to develop predictive models of outdoor recreation participation. Factor analysis produced four recreation activity clusters which were treated as dependent variables for multivariat…
Interpretational confounding”; and canonical correlation in leisure research
The problem of “interpretational confounding”; (Burt, 1976) in structural equation models generally, and canonical correlation in particular, is discussed and illustrated. A distinction is made between epistemic criteria and structural criteria which give empirical meaning to latent variables. It is shown that a result from a canonical correlation analysis based on structural criteria, but interpreted on the basis of epistemic criteria (or vice v…
Multiple Comparison Tests for Cross Classified Recreation Data
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate appropriate statistical techniques for analyzing cross classified data in recreation research. These methods advance knowledge of data patterns in cross classified tables beyond what normally is obtained from chi square analysis alone. Exposition is accomplished through reanalysis of data originally presented by Schreyer, Lime, and Williams (1984)
An Exposition of Canonical Correlation in Leisure Research
Investigators frequently are confronted with research problems involving two sets of variables. Few examples exist, however, of the use of a statistical technique designed to analyze relationships
On Generalizing About the Need for Follow-up Efforts in Mail Recreation Surveys
Social Groups and the Meanings of Outdoor Recreation Activities
Individuals studying leisure behavior have focused attention on the social group as a potentially important determinant of outdoor recreation activity. Presently, however, little is known about how social groups influence leisure behavior. The focus of this study is on the different meanings within an activity and the social group as the source of those different meanings. The hypothesis that different social groups engaging in the same activity …
Rethinking “Social Groups as a Basis for Assessing Participation in Selected Water Activities”
A second look at the informal interview as a technique for recreation research
(1980). A second look at the informal interview as a technique for recreation research. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 183-186
The correlation coefficient and problems of inference in recreation research
Correlation analysis frequently has been used for the investigation of leisure research questions. This paper illustrates the problem of “unequal weighting of cases” which is present in the use of correlation analysis. It further illustrates how this problem can mislead researchers when they make substantive inferences about leisure
Reexamining the significance of childhood recreation patterns on adult leisure behavior
This study is the examination of the impact of childhood participation levels in outdoor recreation on the activity level of that individual as an adult. The study is based on a stratified random sample of adult residents in eight northeastern Iowa counties. Forty‐five outdoor recreation activities were used to determine the “carry‐over” of participation from childhood to adulthood. The results indicate a direct effect of the childhood level of p…
The Substitutability Concept
It has been hypothesized that activities within recreation "activity types" may be "substituted" for each other with little loss in satisfaction. The degree of validity of this assertion was examined. Studied also were the characteristics of recreationists who could "substitute" recreation activities within "activity types" with similar satisfaction as opposed to recreationists who could not "substitute" activities with similar satisfaction.The r…
Statistical and Substantive Implications of the Use of Stepwise Regression to Order Predictors of Leisure Behavior
The Cognitive Dissonance Model As A Predictor Of Customer Satisfaction Among Camper Owners
(1974). The Cognitive Dissonance Model As A Predictor Of Customer Satisfaction Among Camper Owners: A Critique. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 163-164
Social and Attitudinal Variants In High and Low Use of Outdoor Recreational Facilities
Group affiliation and attitudes toward leisure and expansion of recreation facilities were important to the level of participation in outdoor recreation, although these variables have not been used extensively in past leisure research. Of the socioeconomic variables frequently researched, income was not significantly related to the level of recreation facilities used by the respondents.Nearly 50 percent of the variance in the use of outdoor-recre…
Social Groups and the Meanings of Outdoor Recreation Activities
Individuals studying leisure behavior have focused attention on the social group as a potentially important determinant of outdoor recreation activity. Presently, however, little is known about how social groups influence leisure behavior. The focus of this study is on the different meanings within an activity and the social group as the source of those different meanings. The hypothesis that different social groups engaging in the same activity …
Social and Attitudinal Variants In High and Low Use of Outdoor Recreational Facilities
Group affiliation and attitudes toward leisure and expansion of recreation facilities were important to the level of participation in outdoor recreation, although these variables have not been used extensively in past leisure research. Of the socioeconomic variables frequently researched, income was not significantly related to the level of recreation facilities used by the respondents.Nearly 50 percent of the variance in the use of outdoor-recre…
The Substitutability Concept
It has been hypothesized that activities within recreation "activity types" may be "substituted" for each other with little loss in satisfaction. The degree of validity of this assertion was examined. Studied also were the characteristics of recreationists who could "substitute" recreation activities within "activity types" with similar satisfaction as opposed to recreationists who could not "substitute" activities with similar satisfaction.The r…
An Exposition of Canonical Correlation in Leisure Research
Investigators frequently are confronted with research problems involving two sets of variables. Few examples exist, however, of the use of a statistical technique designed to analyze relationships
Reexamining the significance of childhood recreation patterns on adult leisure behavior
This study is the examination of the impact of childhood participation levels in outdoor recreation on the activity level of that individual as an adult. The study is based on a stratified random sample of adult residents in eight northeastern Iowa counties. Forty‐five outdoor recreation activities were used to determine the “carry‐over” of participation from childhood to adulthood. The results indicate a direct effect of the childhood level of p…
Statistical and Substantive Implications of the Use of Stepwise Regression to Order Predictors of Leisure Behavior
Factors Influencing Outdoor Recreation Participation
Data were collected in 1984 from a sample of Ohio residents to evaluate the merits of a theoretical perspective derived from discussions focused on the role of early life experiences, personal community factors, and opportunity variables. The purpose of the study was to develop predictive models of outdoor recreation participation. Factor analysis produced four recreation activity clusters which were treated as dependent variables for multivariat…
On Generalizing About the Need for Follow-up Efforts in Mail Recreation Surveys
Rethinking “Social Groups as a Basis for Assessing Participation in Selected Water Activities”
The relationship between biophysical and social setting factors in the recreation opportunity spectrum
Descriptions of the relationships between the setting components (biophysical and social) of the recreation opportunity spectrum can be taken to be unidimensional and linear. Data on biophysical and social setting preferences of campers were used to test whether campers’ preferences reflect linear arrangements of components or whether relationships are more complex. The results indicate that there are multiple linear and nonlinear relationships b…
A second look at the informal interview as a technique for recreation research
(1980). A second look at the informal interview as a technique for recreation research. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 183-186
Social and Attitudinal Variants In High and Low Use of Outdoor Recreational Facilities
Group affiliation and attitudes toward leisure and expansion of recreation facilities were important to the level of participation in outdoor recreation, although these variables have not been used extensively in past leisure research. Of the socioeconomic variables frequently researched, income was not significantly related to the level of recreation facilities used by the respondents.Nearly 50 percent of the variance in the use of outdoor-recre…
The Cognitive Dissonance Model As A Predictor Of Customer Satisfaction Among Camper Owners
(1974). The Cognitive Dissonance Model As A Predictor Of Customer Satisfaction Among Camper Owners: A Critique. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 163-164
Statistical and Substantive Implications of the Use of Stepwise Regression to Order Predictors of Leisure Behavior
The Substitutability Concept
It has been hypothesized that activities within recreation "activity types" may be "substituted" for each other with little loss in satisfaction. The degree of validity of this assertion was examined. Studied also were the characteristics of recreationists who could "substitute" recreation activities within "activity types" with similar satisfaction as opposed to recreationists who could not "substitute" activities with similar satisfaction.The r…
Reexamining the significance of childhood recreation patterns on adult leisure behavior
This study is the examination of the impact of childhood participation levels in outdoor recreation on the activity level of that individual as an adult. The study is based on a stratified random sample of adult residents in eight northeastern Iowa counties. Forty‐five outdoor recreation activities were used to determine the “carry‐over” of participation from childhood to adulthood. The results indicate a direct effect of the childhood level of p…
The correlation coefficient and problems of inference in recreation research
Correlation analysis frequently has been used for the investigation of leisure research questions. This paper illustrates the problem of “unequal weighting of cases” which is present in the use of correlation analysis. It further illustrates how this problem can mislead researchers when they make substantive inferences about leisure
Rethinking “Social Groups as a Basis for Assessing Participation in Selected Water Activities”
A second look at the informal interview as a technique for recreation research
(1980). A second look at the informal interview as a technique for recreation research. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 183-186
Social Groups and the Meanings of Outdoor Recreation Activities
Individuals studying leisure behavior have focused attention on the social group as a potentially important determinant of outdoor recreation activity. Presently, however, little is known about how social groups influence leisure behavior. The focus of this study is on the different meanings within an activity and the social group as the source of those different meanings. The hypothesis that different social groups engaging in the same activity …
On Generalizing About the Need for Follow-up Efforts in Mail Recreation Surveys
An Exposition of Canonical Correlation in Leisure Research
Investigators frequently are confronted with research problems involving two sets of variables. Few examples exist, however, of the use of a statistical technique designed to analyze relationships
Interpretational confounding”; and canonical correlation in leisure research
The problem of “interpretational confounding”; (Burt, 1976) in structural equation models generally, and canonical correlation in particular, is discussed and illustrated. A distinction is made between epistemic criteria and structural criteria which give empirical meaning to latent variables. It is shown that a result from a canonical correlation analysis based on structural criteria, but interpreted on the basis of epistemic criteria (or vice v…
Multiple Comparison Tests for Cross Classified Recreation Data
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate appropriate statistical techniques for analyzing cross classified data in recreation research. These methods advance knowledge of data patterns in cross classified tables beyond what normally is obtained from chi square analysis alone. Exposition is accomplished through reanalysis of data originally presented by Schreyer, Lime, and Williams (1984)
Factors Influencing Outdoor Recreation Participation
Data were collected in 1984 from a sample of Ohio residents to evaluate the merits of a theoretical perspective derived from discussions focused on the role of early life experiences, personal community factors, and opportunity variables. The purpose of the study was to develop predictive models of outdoor recreation participation. Factor analysis produced four recreation activity clusters which were treated as dependent variables for multivariat…
Principal components‐like procedures for cross‐tabulated recreation data
A principal components‐like method for analyzing cross‐tabulated recreation data is illustrated. Application of the proposed method is to data concerned with information search by re creationists selecting an urban park in which to recreate. The advantages of the methodology introduced over the usual methods for analyzing recreation data in cross‐classification tables are illustrated
The relationship between biophysical and social setting factors in the recreation opportunity spectrum
Descriptions of the relationships between the setting components (biophysical and social) of the recreation opportunity spectrum can be taken to be unidimensional and linear. Data on biophysical and social setting preferences of campers were used to test whether campers’ preferences reflect linear arrangements of components or whether relationships are more complex. The results indicate that there are multiple linear and nonlinear relationships b…
Psychology (13 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (12 works) · Recreation (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Mathematics (7 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (7 works) · Statistics (7 works)