265 university students were asked to rank their perceptions of interior decorators, interior designers, and building designers or architects after reading a brief summary of the applicable professional's education. Similar to other research conducted in this area, a majority of these students ranked interior decorators and interior designers as more similar to one another while interior designers and building designers or architects were more dissimilar.
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