The accuracy of brand and attribute judgments: The role of information relevancy, product experience, and attribute-relationship schemata |
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Authors: | Kevin Mason Thomas Jensen Scot Burton Dave Roach |
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Institution: | (1) Arkansas Tech University, Arkansas, USA;(2) University of Arkansas, Arkansas, USA |
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Abstract: | A multidimensional approach for accuracy of ratings is introduced that examines consumers’ abilities to assess various brands
across a set of attributes and attribute performances across a set of brands. A model is presented that addresses the roles
of the relevancy of information, attribute-relationship schemata, and consumers’ product category experience on the accuracy
of their brand attribute ratings. Study participants were provided either with relevant or irrelevant attribute information
for various automobile brands and later asked to rate the attribute performances of brands. The results indicate that the
provision of relevant information in the judgment environment increases brand and attribute rating accuracy but does not favorably
affect consumers’ brand attribute-relationship schemata. Rather, consumers’ product experience was directly related to their
attribute-relationship schemata, which in turn were related to improved accuracy of brand and attribute ratings.
Kevin Mason is an associate professor of marketing at Arkansas Tech University. His research interests include consumer information processing
and choice strategies. He has published in theJournal of Marketing Theory and Practice, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Central Business Review, Journal for the Association
of Marketing Educators, andInternational Advances in Economics Research.
Thomas Jensen is professor and Wal-Mart lecturer in retailing in the Department of Marketing and Transportation at the University of Arkansas.
His research interests include consumer information processing, advertising and price perceptions, and retail image and patronage.
His work has been published in theJournal of Consumer Research, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Psychology and Marketing, Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Business Research, and other journals.
Scot Burton is professor and Wal-Mart chairholder in marketing, Department of Marketing and Transportation, University of Arkansas. His
research interests include public policy and consumer welfare concerns, survey research measurement issues, and consumer price
and promotion perceptions. His work has been published in theJournal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science,
Public Opinion Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, Journal of Retailing, and other journals.
Dave Roach is a professor of management at Arkansas Tech University. His research interests include information processing, judgmental
accuracy, and organization change. He has published inHuman Relations, Journal of Applied Psychology, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Journal of Information
Technology Management, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Central Business Review, andJournal for the Association of Marketing Educators. |
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