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ACA Technical Paper
ACA/HB Technical Paper
Advanced Simulation Module (ASM) Technical Paper
CBC Technical Paper
CBC Advanced Design Module Technical Paper
CBC Latent Class Technical Paper
CBC/HB Technical Paper
CCA Technical Paper
CPM Technical Paper
CVA Technical Paper
CVA/HB Technical Paper
HB-Reg Technical Paper
MaxDiff/Web Technical paper

General Conjoint Analysis
Understanding Conjoint Analysis in 15 Minutes
Managerial Overview of Conjoint Analysis
Helping Managers Understand the Value of Conjoint
Which Conjoint Method Should I Use?
Interpreting Conjoint Analysis Data
A Short History of Conjoint Analysis
Analysis of Traditional Conjoint Using Excel: An Introductory Example
Including Holdout Choice Tasks in Conjoint Studies
Conducting Full-Profile Conjoint Analysis over the Internet
Sample Size Issues for Conjoint Analysis Studies
Assessing the Monetary Value of Attribute Levels with Conjoint Analysis: Warnings and Suggestions
Commercial Use of Conjoint Analysis in Europe: Results and Critical Reflections
Assessing the Validity of Conjoint Analysis--Continued
What We Have Learned from 20 Years of Conjoint Research: When to Use Self-Explicated, Graded Pairs, Full Profiles or Choice Experiments
Conjoint Analysis: How We Got Here and Where We Are --An Update
The Number of Levels Effect in Conjoint: Where Does It Come From, and Can It Be Eliminated?
Conjoint Analysis: Bridging the Gap between Shares of Choice and Market Shares
Conjoint Analysis: Thirty-Something and Counting

Adaptive Conjoint Analysis (ACA)
History of ACA
Staying Out of Trouble with ACA
Perspectives on the Recent Debate over Conjoint Analysis and Modeling Preferences with ACA
Accuracy of Utility Estimation in ACA
Validation of Adaptive Conjoint Analysis (ACA) Versus Standard Concept Testing
The "Importance" Question in ACA: Can It Be Omitted?
Reducing the Number-of-Attribute-Levels Effect in ACA with Optimal Weighting
An Empirical Comparison of ACA and Full Profile Judgments
Calibrating Price in ACA: The ACA Price Effect and How to Manage It
Multistage Conjoint Methods to Measure Price Sensitivity
Scaling Prior Utilities in Sawtooth Software's Adaptive Conjoint Analysis
Within- and Across-Attribute Constraints in ACA and Full Profile Conjoint Analysis

Choice-Based Conjoint (CBC)
Using Choice-Based Conjoint To Assess Brand Strength and Price Sensitivity
Using Conjoint Analysis in Pricing Studies: Is One Price Variable Enough?
Getting The Most From CBC
The Benefits of Accounting for Respondent Heterogeneity in Choice Modeling
Comment on Huber: Practical Suggestions for CBC Studies
Special Features of CBC Software for Packaged Goods and Beverage Research
Predicting Actual Sales with CBC: How Capturing Heterogeneity Improves Results
How Many Questions Should You Ask in Choice-Based Conjoint Studies?
Extensions to the Analysis of Choice Studies
Achieving Individual-Level Predictions from CBC Data: Comparing ICE and Hierarchical Bayes
Learning Effects in Preference Tasks: Choice-Based Versus Standard Conjoint
Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint
A Second Test of Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis (The Surprising Robustness of Standard CBC Designs)
Testing Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint Designs

Market Simulations
Introduction to Market Simulators for Conjoint Analysis
Dealing with Product Similarity in Conjoint Simulations
External Effect Adjustments in Conjoint Analysis
Comparing Hierarchical Bayes Draws and Randomized First Choice for Conjoint Simulations

Design of Conjoint Experiments
An Overview and Comparison of Design Strategies for Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis
Efficient Experimental Designs Using Computerized Searches

Perceptual Mapping
Product Mapping with Perceptions and Preferences

MaxDiff (Best/Worst) Scaling
Maximum Difference Scaling: Improved Measures of Importance and Preference for Segmentation
The Options Pricing Model: An Application of Best-Worst Measurement
Adaptive Maximum Difference Scaling
Testing for the Optimal Number of Attributes in MaxDiff Questions
MaxDiff Experiment designer
Accuracy of HB Estimation in MaxDiff Experiments

Hierarchical Bayes Estimation
Hierarchical Bayes: Why All the Attention?
Understanding HB: An Intuitive Approach
New Advances Shed Light on HB Anomalies
One Size Fits All or Custom Tailored: Which HB Fits Better?
The Joys and Sorrows of Implementing HB Methods for Conjoint Analysis
Monotonicity Constraints in Choice-Based Conjoint with Hierarchical Bayes
Perspectives Based on 10 Years of HB in Marketing Research

Past Conference Proceedings
(Current 2006 Proceedings available by ordering from Sawtooth Software: Book $75. PDF file on CD-ROM (or download option) $25.)
1997 Sawtooth Software Proceedings
1999 Sawtooth Software Proceedings
2000 Sawtooth Software Proceedings
2001 Sawtooth Software Proceedings
2003 Sawtooth Software Proceedings
2004 Sawtooth Software Proceedings


 


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