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1 Retooling Market Research Could our traditional techniques have discovered what behavior economists have found? What needs to change? What doesn’t?

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Retooling Market Research

Could our traditional techniques have discovered what behavior economists have found?

What needs to change?

What doesn’t?

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One Key Triage Involves Type 1 vs Type 2 Thinking

Blink Think-or-

Impulse purchasesLow intensity categoryJam preferenceSurvey

Deliberate purchasesHigh intensity categoryJam preference explanationFocus Group

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A Second Key Triage is

ACTIVE

Stimulus Response

QuestionAnswer

vs.

PASSIVE

Observe (with or without post-rationalization)

• Ethnography• Google search trends

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Other Challenges Exist

• Social desirability/biases• Expertise needed (Goffman, tennis pro)• Priming• Impact of all senses• Habit• Artificial attention

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And What About Reliability and Projectability??

Growing dependence on self-selection Cell phone list problems Online dangers

o Who is the respondent?o Panel problems

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Political Polling Issues

Everybody says they will vote Chemical reactions to candidates Timing Influence of others Location of voting

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