Improving Attribute-Importance Measurement: A Reference-Point Approach

Advances in Consumer Research 31 (2004): 84-85

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Koert van Ittersum

University of Groningen

Joost M. E. Pennings

Maastricht University; Wageningen University and Research (WUR); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Brian Wansink

Retired - Cornell University

Hans Van Trijp

Independent

Date Written: 2004

Abstract

Despite the importance of identifying the hierarchy of product attributes that drive judgment and choice, the many available methods remain limited regarding their convergent validity and test-retest reliability. To increase the validity and reliability of attribute-importance measurement, we focus on the central antecedent of the importance of product attributes in judgment and choice: consumers’ valuation curve of an attribute – the idiosyncratic valuation of an attribute at different attribute levels relative to consumers’ reference points. We propose two new attribute-importance measures that reflect the determinance and the relevance of an attribute respectively, and show that accounting for the effects of reference points increases the predictive validity of attribute-determinance measures.

Suggested Citation

van Ittersum, Koert and Pennings, Joost M. E. and Wansink, Brian and Trijp, Hans Van, Improving Attribute-Importance Measurement: A Reference-Point Approach (2004). Advances in Consumer Research 31 (2004): 84-85, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2474859

Koert Van Ittersum

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Brian Wansink (Contact Author)

Retired - Cornell University ( email )

Hans Van Trijp

Independent ( email )

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