MaxDiff Scaling has proven to generate better quality data than ratings scales in virtually every evaluative measure. QuestionPro has unique capabilities that accommodate the very specific data collection requirements of MaxDiff, allowing users to create more accurate consumer insights than ever before. In this webinar, Richard McCullough will review, in non-technical terms, how MaxDiff works, why it is superior to ratings scales and what business questions it can answer.
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3. Agenda
01 Questions MaxDiff Can Answer
02 Why use MaxDiff
03 What is MaxDiff
04 An Extension to MaxDiff
05 Summary
4. Questions MaxDiff Can
Answer
● What Features Do Consumers Want Most?
● How Satisfied Are My Customers?
● What Are My Customer Attitudes?
● How Do My Customers Feel About My Brand?
TECHNIQUE MAXDIFF
5. Why use MaxDiff ?
● Rating Scales
● Each brand is rated
independently on
each statement in an
image battery, eg, 5
point rating scale.
TECHNIQUE MAXDIFF
Current Approach - Ratings Scales Batteries
6. Why use MaxDiff ? TECHNIQUE MAXDIFF
Current Approach - Ratings Scales Batteries
Rating Scales Batteries
Uses
Attitudes Importance
Lifestyles Brand Imagery
Psychographics Brand Preference
Satisfaction
Segmentation
Brand Positioning
Usage and Attitudes
Customer Satisfaction
Messaging
Advertising Research
New Product Research
Anywhere you can use
rating scale batteries,
MaxDiff can be
used instead
7. Why use MaxDiff ? TECHNIQUE MAXDIFF
Because Rating Scales Are Inefficient
Rating Scales
Resulting data are typically non-
discriminating and highly correlated.
Rating scales batteries have very
little information content
● Flat Responses Across Statements
● Flat Responses Across Brands
● Scale Usage Bias (Segmentation)
● Brand Halo (Brand Imagery)
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8. Why use MaxDiff ? TECHNIQUE MAXDIFF
Marketing Problem: Which Flavors of Ice Cream Should I Sell?
● Background:
- 30 Potential Flavors
- Only room for 10 in retail freezer space
● Goal: Maximize Customer Satisfaction
● Method:
- Create 18 random (not really) sets of 5 flavors each
- Conduct MaxDiff exercise online using QuestionPro
- Using hierarchical Bayes (or Latent Class) Logistic Regression,
- Estimate flavor preference for each respondent for each flavor
● Analysis: TURF, etc.
9. What is MaxDiff ? TECHNIQUE MAXDIFF
Example: Classic MaxDiff
● MaxDiff consists of multiple “tasks”
● Each task has 3-5 items
● Respondent item ratings are generated
using advanced regression
● For 30 items, 18 tasks of 5 items each might
be designed
10. What is MaxDiff ? TECHNIQUE MAXDIFF
Example: Brand -Anchored MaxDiff
11. An Extension to MaxDiff:
Brand-Anchored MaxDiff
with Dual Response
12. -- NEW APPROACH -- TECHNIQUE MAXDIFF
Example: Brand -Anchored MaxDiff
Dual Response MaxDiff allows for a zero
point in MaxDiff utilities,
making comparisons across studies (and
brands) feasible.
13. -- NEW APPROACH -- TECHNIQUE MAXDIFF
Modified Brand-Anchored MaxDiff
Max/Diff takes longer than ratings scales. Modified brand-anchored MaxDiff
hopes to decrease the interview time of the Max/Diff Tasks.
14. -- NEW APPROACH -- One Last Wrinkle TECHNIQUE MAXDIFF
Modified Brand-Anchored MaxDiff
Animated Modified
Brand-Anchored MaxDiff
is a more efficient data
collection method than
traditional Max/Diff.
15. -- Case Study -- TECHNIQUE MAXDIFF
Research Objectives
Compare two approaches to brand imagery
measurement, ratings scales and maxdiff,
in terms of:
● Inter-brand discrimination
● Inter-item discrimination
● Predictive validity
16. -- Case Study -- TECHNIQUE MAXDIFF
Research Methodology
Online Survey:
● Two cells
- Rating Scales (n=436)
- Max/Diff (n=2,605)
● Three brands
● 12 items
● Questionnaire:
- Brand image measurement
- Three dependent variables
* Item top 3 rank-order
* Brand purchase likelihood
* Brand forced-choice preference
- Demographics
17. What is MaxDiff ? TECHNIQUE MAXDIFF
MaxDiff Yields More Information Than Rating Scales
Rating Scales MaxDiff*
*Note: the form of MaxDiff used to generate this line chart is slightly more advanced than traditional MaxDiff
18. TECHNIQUE MAXDIFFSummary
● Max/Diff is generally superior to rating scales in virtually every
measurable way:
− Better inter-item discrimination
− Better predictive validity
− Elimination of brand halo
− Elimination of scale usage bias
− Fewer invalid completes
Note: Max/Diff can take longer to complete than ratings scales
And cannot accommodate as many items as ratings scales.
19. Thank You
Contact Information
For more info, please contact us at
Paul-Richard McCullough
richard@macroinc.com
650-823-3042
Dan Fleetwood
dan.fleetwood@questionpro.com
206-355-0604
@questionpro