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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS
HOUSING
POSTOCCUPATIONAL
EVALUATION (POE)
DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION FAULTS
SENSITIVITY INDEX
(Users Perception)
Figure 2. Research Path
JANURAY 2011
VOL 2, NO 9
The data obtained through survey tool and was analyzed on SPSS computational resource
(version 12.00). The section of construction faults is consisting of 08 determinants related to
architectural design faults. As some of the factors are more implicating as compare to others
thus severity of influence was formulated for each question. Hence each question is provided
with 5 rank Likert (interval) scale denoted with; 1= does not implicate, 2= slight implicate,
3= not sure, 4= fair implication and 5= strong implication.
3.2 Analysis and Findings
Analysis of data is carried out in domain of architectural faults causing maintenance in
housing and following protocol has been adopted for analysis of data.
3.2.1 Profile of Respondents
In the conduct of the survey a total of 127 respondents were interviewed and the data were
collected using a specially designed survey tool. The category of the users respondents
comprised of the tenant and owner constituting of 46 (36.22%) of the total collected data, as
shown in Table 1 below.
Table 1: Category of Respondent
RESPONDENTS
(USERS)
OWNERS
AND TENANTS
Category Frequency
Percent
(%)
Tenants 21 16.54
Owners
25
19.69
Total 46 36.22
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