The purpose of this study in order to present a study direction on the bathroom which is growing in the importance of life viewpoint, surveyed the changes according to the study method (survey method, survey objects, the number of objects) and the stu...
The purpose of this study in order to present a study direction on the bathroom which is growing in the importance of life viewpoint, surveyed the changes according to the study method (survey method, survey objects, the number of objects) and the study skill by the year and the study area - first centering on the theses related to academic theses and dissertations publicized until now - and tried to present a systematic study direction on the bathroom, which would be required in future through categorization. The methods of the study was to collect data related to the journals and theses study and to analyze 115 papers. The data were processed by SPSS PC+ windows version 15.0 program and were analyzed using the frequencies analysis, crosstabulation analysis, and Cluster Analysis are implemented. The results are as follows. It needs repeated research of lifestyle through a changed bathing way by a change of time. And through this research it needs to investigate the actual conditions of present bathrooms. It was thought that the various study methods, including an emotional study method using image or color as well as sentence through the web surfing using the internet in addition to using the existing methods, are needed. The survey method is important in the number of the survey objects as the quantitative study, but it was also thought that the qualitative study, including field observation, focus group interview and interview in depth, has to go abreast appropriately in order to variously accept the opinions of residents. In addition to the development of new study area, a reanalysis plan through the extraction • synthesis of data studied so far has to be conducted because the basic direction was presented. The study on psychology and behavior of children and students, which have not been treated in the survey objects, in addition to adults, housewives, the aged, and the disabled, has to be conducted together. The study on the regulations related to heating and soundproofing, in addition to water supply • draining facilities, ventilation and construction, has to be gone abreast. We sincerely hope that this study is anticipated to be used for the material to present a study direction in order to arrange more systematically the bathroom study.