Microsoft Wants to Measure Public Attitudes Toward the Default Media-Playing

question 93

Multiple Choice

Microsoft wants to measure public attitudes toward the default media-playing software included in its Windows operating system. Which of the following types of multiattribute attitude models would be most appropriate for Microsoft to use?

• A) theory of reasoned action model
• B) trying-to-consume model
• C) attitude-toward-object model
• D) attitude-toward-behavior model
• E) attitude-toward-the-ad model

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