Compensatory versus noncompensatory models for predicting consumer preferences

Dieckmann, Anja and Dippold, Katrin and Dietrich, Holger (2009) Compensatory versus noncompensatory models for predicting consumer preferences. JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING, 4 (3). pp. 200-213. ISSN 1930-2975,

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Abstract

Standard preference models in consumer research assume that people weigh and add all attributes of the available options to derive a decision, while there is growing evidence for the use of simplifying heuristics. Recently, a greedoid algorithm has been developed (Yee, Dahan, Hauser & Orlin, 2007; Kohli & Jedidi, 2007) to model lexicographic heuristics from preference data. We compare predictive accuracies of the greedoid approach and standard conjoint analysis in an online study with a rating and a ranking task. The lexicographic model derived from the greedoid algorithm was better at predicting ranking compared to rating data, but overall, it achieved lower predictive accuracy for hold-out data than the compensatory model estimated by conjoint analysis. However, a considerable minority of participants was better predicted by lexicographic strategies. We conclude that the new algorithm will not replace standard tools for analyzing preferences, but can boost the study of situational and individual differences in preferential choice processes.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: CONJOINT-ANALYSIS; DECISION-MAKING; PROBABILISTIC INFERENCES; INFORMATION SEARCH; STRATEGY SELECTION; PROTOCOL ANALYSIS; MONTE-CARLO; THE-BEST; CHOICE; TASK; Conjoint analysis; greedoid algorithm; choice modeling; lexicographic heuristics; noncompensatory heuristics; consumer choice; consumer preferences
Subjects: 600 Technology > 650 Management & auxiliary services
Divisions: Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre > Lehrstuhl für Marketing (Prof. Dr. Harald Hruschka)
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 18 Sep 2020 14:34
Last Modified: 18 Sep 2020 14:34
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/29196

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