The self-explicated model provides a simple alternative producing utility score estimates equal to or superior to that of other conjoint analysis methods. The self-explicated model is based theoretically on the multi-attribute attitude models that combine attribute importance with attribute desirability to estimate overall preference.
SurveyAnalytics's Self-explicated conjoint analysis offers a simple but surprisingly robust approach that is very simple to implement and does not require the development of full-profile concepts. First, factors and levels are presented to respondents for elimination if they are not acceptable in products under any condition.
The attribute levels retained in the analysis are then evaluated for desirability. Finally, the relative importance of attributes is measured using a constant sum scale to allocate 100 points between the most desirable levels of each attribute.
The attribute level desirabilities are then weighted by the attribute importances to provide utility values for each attribute level. This approach does not require regression analysis or aggregated solution required in many other conjoint approaches. This approach has been shown to provide results equal or superior to full-profile approaches, and places fewer demands on the respondent.
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