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Bus419
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Business
Undergraduate 3
04/28/2009

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strong positive relationship

 

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strong positive relationship correlation
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.6 correlation and above
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Weak Positive Relationship
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Negative Relationship
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no relationship
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weak relationship
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marketing example of strong positive relationship
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quality and satisfaction
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marketing example of weak relationship
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price and quality [ex. Jaguar car...price is high and doesn't have as high of quality (as in reliability) compared to the price]
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marketing example of strong negative relationship
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price & satisfaction
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marketing example of no relationship
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satisfaction level of In-N-Out vs. satisfaction level of Nordstroms
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marketing example of weak positive relationship
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Reliability
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Finds relationships

all respondents interpret the question the same

-more items means more reliability
-new construct variables are usually more reliable than single items measured
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Validity
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Are we measuring what we say we are measuring?

-Concept
-Face
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Concept
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you don't use price to measure commitment...you don't use satisfaction to measure trust

Are we measuring the right thing??
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Face
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if Hyundai does better than BMW, something's amiss

does the outcome make sense??
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reliability vs. validity
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we want both!

independent of each other
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more factors (Questions about the same thing) equals...
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more reliable!
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if info is bias...
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wrong relationship
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if info is unreliable...
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weak relationship
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if info is reliable...
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strong relationship
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bell curve of reliable info
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Bell Curve that is Skewed / Biased
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Importance vs. Significance
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Both matter, but IMPORTANCE matters more
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importance without significance...
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...may be interesting
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significance without importance...
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...is useless
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significance driven, in large part, by ___
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sample size
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small correlation with high sample size =
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significant
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large correlation with small sample =
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important
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Disregard a sample size below...
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30
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What drives statistical significance?
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increase sample size!
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Look at two graphs on importance vs. significance page!
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What is multicollinearity?
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2 independent variables that are highly related
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How does multicollinearity affect Regression?
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it can't rank variables properly
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How do you deal with multicollinearity?
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-Reduce items...Factor Analysis (forms constructs)

-Use Correlation to rank predictors
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Why is regression so often misused?
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-over/under estimates impact

-wrong ranking
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Causality
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run experiments
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Difference between Causality and Correlation
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-relationship &
-temporal order
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temporal order
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one has to come after the other
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when doing survey research...
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...we hypothesize a "causal picture" aka Model and test it
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causal picture aka ____
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Model
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The only way to prove causality
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experiments
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experiments control for
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"lurking variables"
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causality examples from class
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Come up with a causality example with a lurking variable!!
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If you have issues with multicollinearity what will you do to fix it?
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-Factor Analysis (gets rid of redundancy)

- Correlations (ranks predicters)
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Whats the deal with surveys and multicollinearity?
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Surveys = lots of multicollinearity

2 questions on survey that are next to each other = automatically correlated (illusion at least)
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Which perf predictors will suffer the most from multicollinearity?
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Run a correlation and the 2 predictors with the highest number = the ones that will suffer the most
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Why do we care about reliability?
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all respondents interpret the question the same = reliability

It helps us determine relationships actually exist
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What happens if we don't have reliable measures?
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weak relationship
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Whats the relationship between reliability and validity?
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independent, but we want both
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When we're doing factor analysis, where does the concept of validity fit in?
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In the naming process.

You want to make sure that the items that make up the construct accurately represent the construct
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What do we do if we have a significant, but unimportant relationship?
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move on, don't do anything with it

don't base any decisions by it
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How do we increase significance without increasing importance?
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increase sample size!
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What is a lurking variable?
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a variable that really predicts two outcomes but tends to be forgotten so we think that one factor predicts another when really the lurking variable predicts both
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What do I mean when I suggest that relationships have Personal and Functional Dimensions?
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Personal and Functional Dimensions contribute to Commitment!
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How do Trust and Satisfaction contribute differently to Personal and Functional connections?
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Trust- doesn't just satisfy you, but the company/service won't screw you over either

Satisfaction- meeting expectations
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What is the #1 thing to do?
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label the data!
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Coding
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turning qualitative data into quantitative data
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Mean Comparison
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relationship between categorical and continuous variables

categorical variable = independent variable!

looks at overall differences…or average differences
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Crosstabs
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the relationship between two Categorical

tell us is ‘level’ matters…e.g., does it have to be ‘top box’ to make a difference?
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If we want to know the % of Males/Females in data set we run…
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Frequencies
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What is coding…why do we do it?
What do we do when we code?
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Coding = turning qualitative data into quantitative

turning survey responses into analyzable data

reducing the number or response categories (age, income, etc.)

assigning numbers to all survey responses (very satisfied = #)
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Research techniques should follow...
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research questions
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The key to successful marketing research...
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is the identification of an important question/problem and maintaining research problem integrity throughout the data collection and analysis process
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There are tons of errors and many traps when analyzing survey data. We find the truth behind the numbers by surrounding it with ...
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Triangulation-- answering a question using multiple methods
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Correlation
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2 continuous variables

allows us to quickly compare strength of relationship…you can look at a lot of relationships at once.
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Regression
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multiple continuous, independent variables and one dependent variable
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What alerts us to data problems?
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-Low variance (standard deviation)…low variance makes it hard to find relationships, even if they exist.

-Missing data…some analyses (regression, mean comparison etc.) won’t take respondents with missing data

-Reverse coding issues…when low is high and high is low
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When you reduce number of categories...
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...recode into different variable
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When you calculate new variables use...
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...COMPUTE
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When you get rid of missing data...
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...recode into same variable
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What is the relationship between research question and research technique?
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research techniques should follow research questions
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What are we trying to accomplish in Pre-Analysis
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-Identify key data characteristics, averages, variances ranges etc.
-Alert us to data problems
-Recode where necessary
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Maintaining research problem integrity is difficult…because:
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-Everybody wants a piece of the action
-The customer disappears
-Research takes time
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Nearly every survey you see in your marketing career...
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... will be too long
=respondent fatigue! (can loose focus)
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When do we use correlation?
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-Rank predictors
-Look for strong relationship among a large group of variables
-Alerting us to potential problems with Multicollinearity
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Recoding
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-Turning one variable into a different variable…”transforming” variables

Recode into the same variable
Recode into a different variable
Compute a new variable
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Recoding into the same variable
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reverse coding
replacing the mean

get rid of missing data
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Recoding into a different variable
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-turning a continuous variable into a categorical variable
-collapsing categories
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Computing a new variable
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-building a construct

-creating groups or segments
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What is a construct?
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a variable made up of other variables

ex. averaging many questions into one question

transform -> compute
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Why are there boxes and circles on the regression process model?
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Circles = constructs

squares = individual variables
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How did we determine the relative impact of trust and satisfaction on Loyal Behavior?
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add both numbers up, then divide
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With factor analysis we can answer...
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Which items group together into constructs

How many constructs to we have

it says which variables are similar and helps get rid of redundancy!
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We do ____ before we compute new variables!
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FACTOR ANALYSIS
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The art (judgment) and science (numbers) of marketing analysis is...
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Factor Analysis!
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When running a factor analysis, don't forget to...
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Extraction > select Scree plot

Rotation > Varimax Options >
Sorted by Size
Suppress absolute values less than… .50
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Interpreting a Prescriptive Quad Map
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GAP =
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PERFORMANCE!
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Which picture: Describes how the world works?
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regression process model
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Which picture: Uses mean scores to map strength?
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relationship map
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Which picture: shows our brand only?
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Prescriptive Quad Map
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Which picture: Maps the competitive landscape?
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Relationship Map
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Which picture: uses gap scores?
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Prescriptive Quad Map
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Which picture: tells us what to do?
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Prescriptive Quad Map
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Which picture: uses regression?
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regression process model
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How do we determine the variables most susceptible to multicollinearity?
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correlation
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How do groups differ on key variables?
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Cross Tabs and Mean Comparison
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Do individual items fall into related groups?
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Factor Analysis
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Do we have redundant items in the survey?
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Factor Analysis or a Correlation
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How much of the world is explained by our survey?
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Regression
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Which items are the most important predictors?
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Correlation
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Do we have a relationship?
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Correlation, Cross Tabs, Mean Comparison, Regression
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The more complicated and profound the findings...
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...the more linear and graphic the presentation must be
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Triangulation applies to...
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...presentations as well as it does to data analysis
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The fewer points you try to make...
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...the more likely they will each be recalled and used
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Why we weight
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Match the proportion in your data to proportion in the population…on an important attribute

-Variance...
-Salience
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How to weight your data?
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-Identify the proportion in the population
-Find the proportion in the data
-Multiply either variable by “weighting factor” to match proportion
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How do we know how many factors we have among image variables
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-Eigenvalue criteria
-Scree plot
-Eyeball test
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Gap Score
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The difference between our score and the average of our competitive set
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What does the mean comparison tell us?
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overall differences

average differences
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What does correlation tell us?
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the strength of a relationship
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What does a relationship map show us?
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identifies strengths and what kind of relationship you have (nature of relationship)

The number in the bubble is the commitment index
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Commitment Index
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used to compare different brands based on their group scores
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Regression is used to find...
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explained variance!
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Independent Variable
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the variable that we typically manipulate

aka the predictor
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Dependent Variable
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the outcome, what we want to happen, the thing that changes based on the change to the IV
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What do we create when we code?
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code structure!
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Commitment is made up of _____ and ____ relationship
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personal and functional
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Variance
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standard deviation used to find a relationship
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What does cross tabs tell us?
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Does level matter?
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