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In this chapter the main experimental findings will be discussed. First of all, however, the necessary energy consumption data preparations applied in this study will be outlined (Section 7.2), and some information will be provided about baseline consumption in the five research locations (Section 7.3).
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For full details see de Boer and Ester (1982).
See also Section 1.2.
Of course this argument only holds if our findings can be generalized to larger entities, which is somewhat questionable given our research locations.
In order to reduce the number of degrees of freedom, the four experimental conditions have been taken together in this analysis.
Electricity usage was the dependent variable in this study.
Although the validity of this measure can be disputed, it nevertheless indicates an overall preoccupation with energy conservation.
For a more successful attempt to cluster patterns of energy behavior see van Raaij, W.F., and Verhallen, Th.M.M., Patterns of residential energy behavior, Journal of Economic Psychology 1983, 85–106.
From a theoretical and methodological point of view it would be better to test both hypotheses on the control group only. Sample size considerations (cf. percentages of energy behavior changes reported in Table 7.6), however, exclude this option.
Subsequent analyses did not reveal significant correlations between household energy expenditures (budget share) and effectiveness of experimental treatments (cf. Winkler & Winett, 1982).
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Ester, P. (1985). Experimental Results. In: Consumer Behavior and Energy Conservation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7710-6_7
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