Which of the Following Is a Criticism of the Means-End

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a criticism of the means-end approach and the method of laddering? 

• A) The laddering method "forces" interviewees to identify hierarchies among attributes, consequences, and values that may actually not have existed before the interview and absent the interviewer's directive probes. 
• B) Consumers may possess clear-cut linkages between attributes and consequences but not necessarily between consequences and values. 
• C) The ultimate hierarchy constructed through laddering is a crude aggregation of the A→C→V chains from multiple individuals into a single chain that represents the input into a MECCAS model. 
• D) None of these are correct. 
• E) All of these are correct.

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