Participant backgrounds, versus questions related to plant origin preference, purchase preference, and ability to detect specimen differences.
| What is your background? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arborist | Other | Total | ||
| Which specimen would you be more likely to purchase? | T. chinensis | 21% | 28% | 49% |
| T. canadensis | 17% | 34% | 51% | |
| Total | 38% | 62% | 100% | |
| P-value | df = 1 | 0.566z | 0.339y | |
| Overall, would you agree or disagree that these two specimens are the same? | Agree | 12% | 16% | 28% |
| Disagree | 25% | 47% | 72% | |
| Total | 37% | 63% | 100% | |
| P-value | df = 1 | 0.748z | 0.422y | |
| Would you be more or less inclined to purchase one of these specimens if it were naturally resistant? | More inclined | 27% | 52% | 79% |
| Less inclined | 4% | 17% | 21% | |
| Total | 31% | 69% | 100% | |
| P-value | df = 1 | 0.472z | 0.325y | |
| Would you be more or less inclined to purchase one of these specimens if it required fewer insecticides? | More inclined | 31% | 49% | 80% |
| Less inclined | 2% | 18% | 20% | |
| Total | 33% | 67% | 100% | |
| P-value | df = 1 | 0.135z | 0.086y | |