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Table 6 
Rank Ordering of Criteria of Ownership 
From Judgements on Exemplars of Things Owned 
RANK CRITERION MEDIAN MEAN THE NEXT DIFFERENT 
SCORE RANK CRITERION (p =.01) 
Possession 
Assertion 
Familiarity 
Knowledge 
Territoriality 
Aesthetics 
Desire 
Utility 
Purchase 
History 
Gift 
9 
10 
11 
12 Crafting 
3.96 
3.90 
3.71 
3.53 
3.52 
3.42 
3.31 
3.31 
3.21 
3.14 
1.60 
1.10 
10.36 
9.30 
8.98 
7.77 
7.43 
6.85 
6.27 
6.25 
5.82 
5.52 
2.22 
1.22 
} 
7 
10 
11 
11 
12 
Possible range of scores is from 1 to 4. 
Friedman Two-Way ANOVA Test was significant, p < .0l. 
Chi square (11, N=120) = 731, p < .0l.