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Different research methods were used in the study, primarily including the public opinion survey based on a questionnaire as well as statistical analyses. The cross-tabulation analysis of differences in quality characteristics was performed using Pearson\u2019s chi-square test (\u03c72 test of independence) or Fisher\u2019s exact test, when the expected number was lower than five. As a post hoc analysis, checking the nature of differences between the studied groups, the analyses were carried out using the method by Baesley and Schumacker. For all analyses, the maximum permissible error class I \u03b1 = 0.05 was adopted, whereas p \u2264 0.05 was considered statistically significant. 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