AUTOMOBILE SCENARIO
Consider a Consumer Who Is Contemplating a New

AUTOMOBILE SCENARIO
Consider a consumer who is contemplating a new automobile purchase. She has narrowed her decision down to two brands, Honda Accord and Ford Taurus. She has identified gas mileage, price, warranty, and styling to be important attributes to consider in her decision. Her evaluative ratings (e) for each attribute and her beliefs of how each brand performs on a given attribute (b) are given below:
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c| } \hline & & \text { Honda Accord } & \text { Fard Taurus } \\\hline \text { Attributa } & \boldsymbol { b } & \boldsymbol { b } & \boldsymbol { b } \\\hline \text { Mileage } & 2 & \mathbf { a } & 4 \\\hline \text { Low Price } & 3 & 2 & 2 \\\hline \text { Warranty } & - 1 & 1 & 3 \\\hline \text { Design } & 1 & 10 & 5 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Refer to the Automobile Scenario.Based on the attitude-toward-the-object model,what is the consumer's overall attitude (A?) toward Ford Taurus?

A) 23
B) 16
C) 17
D) 11
E) 27

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