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Marketing Research
Aaker, Kumar,
Leone and Day
Twelfth Edition
Instructor’s
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Chapter Eleven
Attitude Measurement
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Attitude Measurement
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Used to understand and influence behavior since:
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What Are Attitudes?
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Mental states used by
individuals to structure
the way they perceive
their environment and
guide the way they
respond to it
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Components of attitude:
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3.
Cognitive or
Knowledge
component
Affective or Liking
component
Intention or Action
component
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Cognitive or Knowledge Component
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Affective or Liking Component
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Summarizes a person’s overall feelings toward an
object, situation, or person on a scale of likedislike
or favorableunfavorable
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When there are several alternatives, liking is
expressed in terms of preference for one alternative
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Preference measured by asking which alternative is
“most preferred” or “first choice,” which is the
“second choice,” and so on
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Intention or Action Component
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Refers to a person’s expectations of future behavior
toward an object
Intentions are usually limited to a distinct time period
that depends on buying habits and planning horizons
Incorporates information about a respondent’s ability or
willingness to pay for the object, or otherwise take
action
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Concept of Measurement
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Measurement is a standardized process of assigning
numbers or other symbols to certain characteristics of
objects of interest, according to prespecified rules
Characteristics for standardization of measurement
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2.
Onetoone correspondence between the symbol and
the characteristic in the object that is being measured
Rules for assignment should be invariant over time
and the objects being measured
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Scaling
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Process of creating a continuum on which objects are
located according to the amount of the measured
characteristic possessed
Types of measurement scale:
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Nominal Scale
Are you a resident of
Connecticut?
Yes
No
Are you
1) Caucasian
2) African
American
3) Hispanic
4) Asian
5) Other
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Ordinal or Rank Scale
Rank your preferences for the
following attributes in making
a car purchase decision
Price
Safety
Design
Fuel economy
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Interval Scale
On a scale of 1 to 7, how would you rate the performance of
natural gas as home heating fuel in terms of reliability of supply?
(1 being least reliable and 7 being most reliable)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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Ratio Scale
What is your zip code?______
How old are you? _________
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Types of Scales and Their Properties
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Attitude Rating Scales
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Present a respondent with a continuum of
numbered categories that represent the range
of possible attitude adjustments
Classified as:
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Single item scales
2.
Multiple item scales
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Classification of Attitude Scales
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Single Item Scales
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Only have one item to measure a construct
Types of Single item scales
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Itemizedcategory Scales
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Respondent selects from a limited number of categories
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Very Satisfied
_________
_________
_________
Quite Satisfied
Somewhat Satisfied
Not at all Satisfied
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Comparative Scale
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A judgment comparing one object, concept, or
person against one another
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Rankorder Scales
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Respondent compares one item with another
or a group of items against each other and
ranks them
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Qsort Scaling
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Respondents sort comparative characteristics into
normally distributed groups
Ten or more groups increases accuracy of results
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Constantsum Scale
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Respondents allocate a fixed number of rating
points among serial objects to reflect relative
preference
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Pictorial Scales
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Various categories of the scale are depicted
100
pictorially
Like very much
▫ Thermometer Scale
▫ Funny faces scale
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Dislike very much
75
50
25
0
Format must be comprehensible to respond and
allow accurate response
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Paired – Comparison Scales
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The brands to be rated are presented two at a time, so
each brand in the category is compared once to every
other brand
Brands are rated on a given number of points that are then
divided between the two brands on the basis of
respondents’ preferences
Frame of reference is always the other brand being tested;
Compare
these brands may change over time
A and B
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n
n
n
n
n
A and C
A and D
B and C
B and D
C and D
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Issues in Designing SingleItem Scales
For eg: Smell of Morning Dew
Balanced
is…
Very good
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Good
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Bad
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Very Bad
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Unbalanced
Superb
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Very Good
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Good
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Average
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