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A Best-worst Scaling Usage in Marketing Research

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Oláh, B. (2022). A Best-worst Scaling Usage in Marketing Research. International Journal of Engineering and Management Sciences, 7(2), 140-151. https://doi.org/10.21791/IJEMS.2022.2.11.
Abstract

Best-worst scaling (BWS) is a method of data collection and / or a theory of how respondents give the first and worst rankings in a list. In my article, I look at what best-worst scaling (BWS) is, what areas it is used to, and what the method itself is. I then turn to the BWS method, within which I examine its element: the BWS object case (case 1), the BWS profile case (case 2), and the BWS multi-profile case (case 3). I will detail the use of BWS in marketing research, and then compare the Likert-scaling method and BWS. I summarize my conclusions at the end of my article.

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