private and public use of the living room - Bilkent University

3.3. Results and Discussion
In this section, the results of the field survey are given in four sections which are the
relationship between the use and the interior design of the living room, the effect
of existence of a family room on the use and the interior design of the living room,
group differences on the use and the interior design of the living room and the
sources of interior design of the living room.
3.3.1. The Relationship between the Use and the Interior Design of the Living
Room
This part includes the statistical analysis and discussion of the results that are
related to the use and the interior design of the living room. Pearson’s correlations
were computed in order to assess this relationship. Before giving the results of
correlations, the activities that are performed in the living rooms by respondents
and their intentions for the interior design of the living rooms are defined.
The activities that are performed in the living rooms were grouped as private and
public activities under the scope of the study. As mentioned earlier, the activities
that are performed by the family members are accepted as private living room
activities and the activities in which outsiders are involved are accepted as public
living room activities. From the data collected from 60 respondents in 32 houses,
the private activities that are performed in the living rooms can be listed as
watching television, just sitting, sitting next to the fire place, resting, listening to
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