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Measurement of Husband-Wife Influence in Consumer Purchase Decisions

Harry L. Davis
- 01 Aug 1971 - 
- Vol. 8, Iss: 3, pp 305-312
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In this paper, a multitrait-multimethod approach was used to answer these questions, and a self-reported measure of purchase influence was found to be the best measure of influence.
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Can wives accurately report who exerts influence in family decisions? What self-reported measure of purchase influence is best? A multitrait-multimethod approach is used to answer these questions a...

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Selected Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics Associated with Purchasing Involvement

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Perception of Marital Roles in Decision Processes

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Nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences

Sidney Siegel
TL;DR: This is the revision of the classic text in the field, adding two new chapters and thoroughly updating all others as discussed by the authors, and the original structure is retained, and the book continues to serve as a combined text/reference.
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Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix.

TL;DR: This transmutability of the validation matrix argues for the comparisons within the heteromethod block as the most generally relevant validation data, and illustrates the potential interchangeability of trait and method components.
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Husband-wife interaction over revealed differences.

TL;DR: In this paper, the average empirical tendencies described constitute a base-line expectation for the detection of discrepancies or exceptions which will be useful in diagnostic and comparative analysis of particular groups, and the importance of the generalizations will be much increased as we are better able to identify and measure the effects of various kinds of conditions on them.