Marketing - MaxDiff - Save Variable(s) - Proportion of Correct Predictions

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Create a new variable which contains the proportion of correct predictions for each respondent, according to a MaxDiff latent class analysisMaxDiff latent class analysis, MaxDiff hierarchical BayesMaxDiff hierarchical Bayes or MaxDiff ensembleMaxDiff ensemble output. You should select the output before running this script.

Example

The script produces a SUMMARY table with the new variable:

Proportioncorrect.PNG

Technical details

Prediction accuracy is measured in terms of the proportion of a respondent's questions in which the best alternative was correctly predicted. If cross-validation is used, the predictions are made on only the holdout (out-of-sample) questions. Otherwise, predictions are made on all of the respondents' questions.

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Customizing the QScript

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JavaScript

includeWeb('QScript R Output Functions');

saveVariables('Proportion correct', 'MaxDiff',
              'input.maxdiff = ',
              '\ninput.maxdiff$prediction.accuracies\n', null, null, 'prop.corr', ['FitMaxDiff', 'MaxDiffEnsemble']);

See also

See MaxDiff Software or What is MaxDiff? for an overview of key MaxDiff concepts and resources.