The aim of this course is to be an introduction in how to do consumer behavior research, rather than to provide exhaustive coverage of the field as a whole. It will focus on evaluating papers, preparing research ideas, and developing them into research proposals in four important areas of...

Topics covered in the seminar include: -measurement theory and construction of reliable and valid measurement instruments; - testing for mediator and moderator effects; - exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling; - and hierarchical linear models and latent...