Let their Fingers do the Talking? Using the Implicit Association Test in Market Research

Self-report methodologies - such as surveys and interviews - elicit responses that are vulnerable to a number of standard biases. These biases include social desirability, self-deception and a lack of self-insight. However, indirect measures, such as the Implicit Association Test (IAT), offer a pote...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of market research 2013-07, Vol.55 (4), p.487-503
Hauptverfasser: Gregg, Aiden P., Klymowsky, James, Owens, Dominic, Perryman, Alex
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Self-report methodologies - such as surveys and interviews - elicit responses that are vulnerable to a number of standard biases. These biases include social desirability, self-deception and a lack of self-insight. However, indirect measures, such as the Implicit Association Test (IAT), offer a potential means of bypassing such biases. Here, we evaluate the scope for using the IAT in market research, drawing on recent empirical findings. We conclude that the IAT meets several desirable criteria: it yields consistent results, possesses predictive power, offers unique advantages, is relevant to commercial issues and poses no insuperable challenges to adoption.
ISSN:1470-7853
2515-2173
DOI:10.2501/IJMR-2013-013