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The research examines the potentially multifaceted role of price in product evaluations through an empirical analysis of surveyed beliefs, attitudes, and intentions regarding automobile brands. The results indicate that price beliefs influence and are influenced by beliefs about the quality of a brand, which in turn contributes to the attribution definition process. It is also shown, however, that price is not a significant determinant of overall attitude, and that price becomes a negative factor when behavioral intentions are involved, which supports an economic interpretation of price.
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Many measures have been devised to measure product attributes important in spurring product preferences and choices. How much do these measures interrelate? A study by three State University of New York professors indicates that six major measures do not interrelate. The methods are: open-ended elicitation, information search using Jacoby behavioral process technology, direct ratings, conjoint measurements, Jaccard subjective probability indices, and paired comparisons. The study looked at convergence for purchases of birth control items and cars, and found little commonality.
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The Personal Involvement Inventory (PII) is a bipolar adjective scale developed to identify the notion of involvement of products. The research shows PII meeting standards for internal reliability, reliability over time, content validity, criterion-related validity, and construct validity. The scores of tests of construct validity show a positive relationship with perceived differences among brands, brand preferences, interest in collecting information about the product category, and comparing the product's attributes with those of other brands.
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