Thomas G Buchanan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5857518 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas G Buchanan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas G |
| FAMILY NAME | Buchanan |
| SIGNATURE | BUCHANAN T G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wyoming Department of Education |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 97 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Comparing statistical packages
SPSS, Biomed, and SAS are three statistical packages widely available to social scientists. Although similar, each has different capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses. Beside their use on mainframe computers, each is available for personal computers
Commitment and leisure behavior
The concept of commitment has been indirectly linked to a variety of topical areas in leisure research. The purpose of this paper is to identify and critique links between commitment and leisure behavior and to identify and discuss the attributes of committed behavior. The contribution of integrating the concept of commitment into research regarding conflict, substitution, recreation specialization, and leisure social worlds is identified and dis…
Toward an Understanding of Variability in Satisfactions Within Activities
Techniques for Comparing Leisure Classification Systems
One of the major factors limiting the utility of existing leisure classification systems is the lack of coordinated research efforts and integration of research findings. The purpose of this study was to illustrate the use of various factor comparison techniques by comparing a leisure factor structure (classification system) based on participation data with a leisure factor structure based on interest data. The five factor comparison techniques e…
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 …
Commitment and leisure behavior
The concept of commitment has been indirectly linked to a variety of topical areas in leisure research. The purpose of this paper is to identify and critique links between commitment and leisure behavior and to identify and discuss the attributes of committed behavior. The contribution of integrating the concept of commitment into research regarding conflict, substitution, recreation specialization, and leisure social worlds is identified and dis…
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 …
Toward an Understanding of Variability in Satisfactions Within Activities
Techniques for Comparing Leisure Classification Systems
One of the major factors limiting the utility of existing leisure classification systems is the lack of coordinated research efforts and integration of research findings. The purpose of this study was to illustrate the use of various factor comparison techniques by comparing a leisure factor structure (classification system) based on participation data with a leisure factor structure based on interest data. The five factor comparison techniques e…
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 …
Techniques for Comparing Leisure Classification Systems
One of the major factors limiting the utility of existing leisure classification systems is the lack of coordinated research efforts and integration of research findings. The purpose of this study was to illustrate the use of various factor comparison techniques by comparing a leisure factor structure (classification system) based on participation data with a leisure factor structure based on interest data. The five factor comparison techniques e…
Toward an Understanding of Variability in Satisfactions Within Activities
Commitment and leisure behavior
The concept of commitment has been indirectly linked to a variety of topical areas in leisure research. The purpose of this paper is to identify and critique links between commitment and leisure behavior and to identify and discuss the attributes of committed behavior. The contribution of integrating the concept of commitment into research regarding conflict, substitution, recreation specialization, and leisure social worlds is identified and dis…
Comparing statistical packages
SPSS, Biomed, and SAS are three statistical packages widely available to social scientists. Although similar, each has different capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses. Beside their use on mainframe computers, each is available for personal computers
Psychology (5 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Data science (2 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Recreation (2 works)