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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title New metrics for evaluating preference maps
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Corinne Faure
  • Martin Natter
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title International Journal of Research in Marketing
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0167-8116
Volume 27
Number 3
Page Range 261 - 270
Date 2010
Abstract Text Preference maps provide a visual representation of market structure, usually depicting brand or product alternatives, product attributes, and customers in a single graphic. Using measures of consideration and attribute sets to establish criterion validity, we develop a set of metrics that can be interpreted by managers and that allow managers to evaluate maps based on their ability to accurately represent market structures for products, attributes, and consumers. Using a Monte Carlo simulation, we test the stability of the metrics for a variety of scenarios and compare them to statistical stress. Our results show that the metrics can help identify specific sources of noise and can therefore be used to interpret map fit at a more disaggregated level than stress. We apply the metrics on an empirical example and use them to develop a reweighted map for a focal product.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.ijresmar.2010.03.005
Other Identification Number merlin-id:14193
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