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A Model-Based Approach for Visualizing the Dimensional Structure of Ordered Successive Categories Preference Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Wayne S. DeSarbo ,
Joonwook Park  and
Crystal J. Scott
Wayne S. DeSarbo*
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
Joonwook Park
Affiliation:
Southern Methodist University
Crystal J. Scott
Affiliation:
University of Michigan-Dearborn
*
Requests for reprints should be sent to Wayne S. DeSarbo, Marketing Department, Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

A cyclical conditional maximum likelihood estimation procedure is developed for the multidimensional unfolding of two- or three-way dominance data (e.g., preference, choice, consideration) measured on ordered successive category rating scales. The technical description of the proposed model and estimation procedure are discussed, as well as the rather unique joint spaces derived. We then conduct a modest Monte Carlo simulation to demonstrate the parameter recovery of the proposed methodology, as well as investigate the performance of various information heuristics for dimension selection. A consumer psychology application is provided where the spatial results of the proposed model are compared to solutions derived from various traditional multidimensional unfolding procedures. This application deals with consumers intending to buy new luxury sport-utility vehicles (SUVs). Finally, directions for future research are discussed.

Keywords

ordered successive categoriesmaximum likelihoodconsumer psychologymultidimensional unfolding
Type
Theory and Methods
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 73 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 1 - 20
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

The author names are presented alphabetically as all coauthors contributed equally to this manuscript.

The authors wish to thank the editor, the associate editor, and three anonymous referees for their excellent constructive comments which resulted in the considerable improvement of this manuscript.

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