Human values, behavior, and attitudes: Data from a survey of visitors within Oregon's Eagle Cap Wilderness

This data publication contains data from a study of visitors to Oregon's Eagle Cap Wilderness in 1993. Between June and November, visitors were asked to participate in a survey asking questions about their trip and views of the wilderness. Specifically they were asked questions about the number of people and groups seen during their trip, general feelings toward solitude and the wilderness, the level of solitude and wilderness solitude experienced on their trip, things that influenced the solitude on their trip, general feelings toward the management of the wilderness, and how much (if at all) evidence of human use of the wilderness detracted from their enjoyment of the trip.
The primary objectives of this study were to test measures of solitude achievement for reliability, determine the relationship between solitude achievment and various potential indicators of solitude achievement, and describe changes in the way Eagle Cap Wilderness visitors respond to visitor characteristics and preference questions compared to a sample in 1965.
Original metadata date was 05/04/2015. Minor metadata updates were made on 12/15/2016 and 01/17/2025.