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The Evolution of Research in Consumer Science: A 200‐Year Perspective
Author(s) -
AbdelGhany Mohamed
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x01302005
Subject(s) - legislature , consumption (sociology) , perspective (graphical) , consumer research , family and consumer science , field (mathematics) , consumer economics , social science , sociology , economics , political science , marketing , business , economic growth , economics education , psychology , computer science , mathematics education , mathematics , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics , law , higher education
This article traces the evolution of research in consumer science and highlights historical, social, institutional, and economic events that shaped the field. It gives an overview of research conducted from the late 1790s to the 1990s in the areas of family economics, consumer economics, consumption economics, and home management and chronicles legislative and administrative developments that affected consumer science research. Research topics, the use of theory or lack thereof, and typical statistical techniques are summarized at the end of each historic period.