Max Diff Scaling - Frequently Asked Questions

Max Diff Scaling - Frequently Asked Questions

Can I set up an experimental design - where the total items are larger than the items presented in a single screen?

Yes. You can change the 'Maximum Attributes' and 'Attribute Per Task' to control the number of items displayed in a single screen.

Maximum Attributes: If you have numerous attributes then you can limit the attributes displayed on the screen. For example if you have 9 attributes and you set “6” in the drop down this mean the respondent will only see 6 attributes out of list of 9. If you set drop down values as “All” this mean all the attributes (i.e. 9) will be tested.

Attribute per task: Out of selected maximum attribute we can select how many attributes we want to show per task. Example: if you set Attributes per task as “3” and Maximum Attributes as “All” then you will have 3 cycles.

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What kind of a utility estimation model does the system use to calculate the share of preference?

Logit.

How is the Preference Share calculated

Raw Utility (Best)

U(b) = Ln(B(i) / 1 - B(i)))

Raw Utility (Worst)

U(w) = -Ln(W(i) / 1 - W(i))

Raw Utility

Raw Utility [U(i)] = Average(U(b) , U(w))

Scaled

U(Scaled)(i) = U(i) - Average(U)

Transformed

U(Transformed)(i) = EXP(U(Scaled)(i))

Preference Share

Preference Share = U(Transformed)(i) / SUM(U(Transformed))

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