Wednesday, May 21, 2008

More product: attitude measurement & buyer motivation (MR, unit 5)

ATTITUDE MEASUREMENT
predisposition to act in a particular way
3 components:
  • Cognitive - think, what they know or believe
  • Affective - feel, emotional
  • Conative - do, how disposed to behave
Measured using scaling techniques: Likert & Semantic differential scales

BUYER MOTIVATION
Motivation research techniques: in-depth interviews, focus groups, projective techniques
Patronage motives influence regular purchase (e.g. price, service, location, honesty)

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