Data Attrition

## [1] "Original dataset has 599 rows"
##                                Condition Rows_Remaining Rows_Discarded
## 1                      2. Do not consent            585             14
## 2                3. Tech_screener failed            538             47
## 3                       4. Not in the US            538              0
## 4                          5. Not Female            520             18
## 5 6. Use cream less than 3 times a week             444             76
## 6                7. Fail attention check            442              2
## 7                                  TOTAL            442            157
## [1] "Percentage of records kept: 73.79 %"
## [1] "Percentage of records discarded: 26.21 %"
## [1] "Final filtered dataset (df_cp) dimensions: 442 rows x 84 columns"

Those who didn’t do shopping task - thus do not procced to claim question

Survey - product choice

##                                        Column Non_NA_Count Percent_Complete
## age...22                             age...22          366           100.00
## use_frequency                   use_frequency          366           100.00
## edu                                       edu          366           100.00
## income                                 income          366           100.00
## employ                                 employ          366           100.00
## purchase_frequency         purchase_frequency          366           100.00
## purchase_amount               purchase_amount          366           100.00
## importance                         importance          366           100.00
## participantId                   participantId          366           100.00
## race...51                           race...51          201            54.92
## Mec_benchmark_1               Mec_benchmark_1           70            19.13
## Mec_study_effet_b_1       Mec_study_effet_b_1           38            10.38
## Mec_clinical_study_b_1 Mec_clinical_study_b_1           37            10.11
## disclaimer_1_b_1             disclaimer_1_b_1           32             8.74
## Mec_study_effet_a_1       Mec_study_effet_a_1           31             8.47
## disclaimer_3_b_1             disclaimer_3_b_1           31             8.47
## Mec_clinical_study_a_1 Mec_clinical_study_a_1           30             8.20
## disclaimer_2_b_1             disclaimer_2_b_1           29             7.92
## disclaimer_1_a_1             disclaimer_1_a_1           23             6.28
## disclaimer_3_a_1             disclaimer_3_a_1           23             6.28
## disclaimer_2_a_1             disclaimer_2_a_1           22             6.01

The proportion that choose product 1 when product 1 is treated

## [1] "Proportions of Value = 1 with 95% Confidence Intervals:"
##                   Column Proportion Count Total         SE  CI_Lower  CI_Upper
## 1        Mec_benchmark_1  0.5000000    35    70 0.05976143 0.3828676 0.6171324
## 2    Mec_study_effet_b_1  0.5789474    22    38 0.08009325 0.4219646 0.7359301
## 3 Mec_clinical_study_b_1  0.7837838    29    37 0.06767705 0.6511368 0.9164308
## 4       disclaimer_1_b_1  0.7812500    25    32 0.07307925 0.6380147 0.9244853
## 5       disclaimer_2_b_1  0.8620690    25    29 0.06403288 0.7365645 0.9875734
## 6       disclaimer_3_b_1  0.8064516    25    31 0.07095828 0.6673734 0.9455298

## The proportion that choose product 2 when product 2 is treated

## [1] "Proportions of Value = 2 with 95% Confidence Intervals:"
##                   Column Proportion Count Total         SE  CI_Lower  CI_Upper
## 1        Mec_benchmark_1  0.5000000    35    70 0.05976143 0.3828676 0.6171324
## 2    Mec_study_effet_a_1  0.5483871    17    31 0.08938115 0.3732000 0.7235742
## 3 Mec_clinical_study_a_1  0.6666667    20    30 0.08606630 0.4979767 0.8353566
## 4       disclaimer_1_a_1  0.6956522    16    23 0.09594388 0.5076022 0.8837022
## 5       disclaimer_2_a_1  0.6363636    14    22 0.10255929 0.4353474 0.8373798
## 6       disclaimer_3_a_1  0.7391304    17    23 0.09156054 0.5596718 0.9185891

Combine both: the proportion that choose the treated product

##                Column Proportion         SE  CI_Lower  CI_Upper Count Total               Label
## 1           Benchmark  0.5000000 0.05976143 0.3828676 0.6171324    35    70           Benchmark
## 2     Mec_study_effet  0.5652174 0.05967869 0.4482472 0.6821876    39    69               Study
## 3  Mec_clinical_study  0.7313433 0.05415295 0.6252035 0.8374831    49    67      Clinical Study
## 4 disclaimer_clinical  0.7454545 0.05873702 0.6303300 0.8605791    41    55 Clinical Disclaimer
## 5   disclaimer_degree  0.7647059 0.05939743 0.6482869 0.8811248    39    51   Degree Disclaimer
## 6 disclaimer_consumer  0.7777778 0.05657501 0.6668908 0.8886648    42    54 Consumer Disclaimer

Check if demographic is balanced: Yes, Balanced between control and treatment group

##              Variable Test_Type Test_Statistic   P_Value Is_Balanced
## t            age...22    t-test     -0.4406931 0.6596969    Balanced
## t1                edu    t-test     -0.3906553 0.6962814    Balanced
## t2          race...51    t-test     -0.7362689 0.4624459    Balanced
## t3             income    t-test      1.0037299 0.3161880    Balanced
## t4             employ    t-test     -0.3067283 0.7592256    Balanced
## t5 purchase_frequency    t-test      1.0779437 0.2817729    Balanced
## t6    purchase_amount    t-test      0.3599635 0.7190833    Balanced
## t7         importance    t-test     -0.5438597 0.5868710    Balanced
## 
## Overall Balance Assessment:
##  Total variables tested: 8 
##  Balanced variables: 8 
##  Imbalanced variables: 0 
##  Percentage balanced: 100 %

Claim credibility

## [1] "Mean values with 95% confidence intervals:"
##                 Column     Mean       SD         SE CI_Lower CI_Upper   n
## 1      claim_benchmark 4.729508 1.412490 0.07383201 4.584797 4.874219 366
## 2       Original claim 4.854839 1.226040 0.15570718 4.549653 5.160025  62
## 3  Consumer perception 4.666667 1.297542 0.16751198 4.338343 4.994990  60
## 4           High price 4.783333 1.249972 0.16137066 4.467047 5.099620  60
## 5            Low price 4.903226 1.003431 0.12743592 4.653451 5.153000  62
## 6 Smaller participants 4.633333 1.275143 0.16462020 4.310678 4.955989  60
## 7  Big efficacy number 5.274194 1.381011 0.17538860 4.930432 5.617955  62

## 
## 
## ### Testing if the distributions of all claim ratings are different ###
## 
## Shapiro-Wilk normality test for each claim variable:
## # A tibble: 7 × 4
##   Claim                variable statistic        p
##   <fct>                <chr>        <dbl>    <dbl>
## 1 claim_benchmark      Rating       0.935 1.33e-11
## 2 Original claim       Rating       0.919 5.48e- 4
## 3 Consumer perception  Rating       0.938 4.42e- 3
## 4 High price           Rating       0.928 1.67e- 3
## 5 Low price            Rating       0.894 5.96e- 5
## 6 Smaller participants Rating       0.935 3.41e- 3
## 7 Big efficacy number  Rating       0.904 1.42e- 4
## 
## Not all distributions are normal. Using Kruskal-Wallis test (non-parametric alternative to ANOVA).
## 
##  Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test
## 
## data:  Rating by Claim
## Kruskal-Wallis chi-squared = 10.736, df = 6, p-value = 0.09689
## 
## 
## ### Pairwise comparisons between all claim variables ###
## 
## Performing pairwise comparisons using appropriate tests:
## Comparing 'Claim Benchmark' vs 'Original Claim' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.5834
## Comparing 'Claim Benchmark' vs 'Consumer Perception' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.6228
## Comparing 'Claim Benchmark' vs 'High Price' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.9198
## Comparing 'Claim Benchmark' vs 'Low Price' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.5597
## Comparing 'Claim Benchmark' vs 'Smaller Participants' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.5108
## Comparing 'Claim Benchmark' vs 'Big Efficacy Number' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.0048
## Comparing 'Original Claim' vs 'Consumer Perception' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.3375
## Comparing 'Original Claim' vs 'High Price' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.6803
## Comparing 'Original Claim' vs 'Low Price' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.8864
## Comparing 'Original Claim' vs 'Smaller Participants' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.2962
## Comparing 'Original Claim' vs 'Big Efficacy Number' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.0595
## Comparing 'Consumer Perception' vs 'High Price' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.6363
## Comparing 'Consumer Perception' vs 'Low Price' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.3572
## Comparing 'Consumer Perception' vs 'Smaller Participants' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.8755
## Comparing 'Consumer Perception' vs 'Big Efficacy Number' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.0103
## Comparing 'High Price' vs 'Low Price' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.6669
## Comparing 'High Price' vs 'Smaller Participants' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.5311
## Comparing 'High Price' vs 'Big Efficacy Number' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.0284
## Comparing 'Low Price' vs 'Smaller Participants' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.2602
## Comparing 'Low Price' vs 'Big Efficacy Number' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.0463
## Comparing 'Smaller Participants' vs 'Big Efficacy Number' using Mann-Whitney U test: p-value = 0.0063

## 
## 
## ### Summary of claim variables with significantly different distributions ###
## Found 10 significant differences out of 42 comparisons (23.8%)
## Significant differences found between:
## - Big Efficacy Number and Claim Benchmark (p = 0.0048)
## - Big Efficacy Number and Consumer Perception (p = 0.0103)
## - Big Efficacy Number and High Price (p = 0.0284)
## - Big Efficacy Number and Low Price (p = 0.0463)
## - Big Efficacy Number and Smaller Participants (p = 0.0063)
## - Claim Benchmark and Big Efficacy Number (p = 0.0048)
## - Consumer Perception and Big Efficacy Number (p = 0.0103)
## - High Price and Big Efficacy Number (p = 0.0284)
## - Low Price and Big Efficacy Number (p = 0.0463)
## - Smaller Participants and Big Efficacy Number (p = 0.0063)

Claim credibility - subtract benchmark

## [1] "Mean values of benchmark-adjusted ratings with 95% confidence intervals:"
##                     Column        Mean        SD        SE    CI_Lower   CI_Upper  n
## 1       Original claim_adj -0.11290323 0.8703653 0.1105365 -0.32955476  0.1037483 62
## 2  Consumer perception_adj  0.43333333 1.1697699 0.1510166  0.13734071  0.7293260 60
## 3           High price_adj  0.25000000 1.2020463 0.1551835 -0.05415967  0.5541597 60
## 4            Low price_adj  0.08064516 1.2051581 0.1530552 -0.21934310  0.3806334 62
## 5 Smaller participants_adj -0.45000000 0.9283665 0.1198516 -0.68490914 -0.2150909 60
## 6  Big efficacy number_adj  0.54838710 0.9864229 0.1252758  0.30284646  0.7939277 62

## 
## 
## ### Testing if the distributions of all benchmark-adjusted claim ratings are different ###
## 
## Shapiro-Wilk normality test for each adjusted claim variable:
## # A tibble: 6 × 4
##   Claim                    variable        statistic          p
##   <fct>                    <chr>               <dbl>      <dbl>
## 1 Original claim_adj       Adjusted_Rating     0.869 0.00000868
## 2 Consumer perception_adj  Adjusted_Rating     0.924 0.00108   
## 3 High price_adj           Adjusted_Rating     0.925 0.00128   
## 4 Low price_adj            Adjusted_Rating     0.901 0.000116  
## 5 Smaller participants_adj Adjusted_Rating     0.884 0.0000351 
## 6 Big efficacy number_adj  Adjusted_Rating     0.900 0.000104
## 
## Not all adjusted distributions are normal. Using Kruskal-Wallis test (non-parametric alternative to ANOVA).
## 
##  Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test
## 
## data:  Adjusted_Rating by Claim
## Kruskal-Wallis chi-squared = 34.981, df = 5, p-value = 1.518e-06
## 
## 
## Kruskal-Wallis test is significant. Performing Dunn's test with Bonferroni correction:
## # A tibble: 15 × 9
##    .y.             group1                   group2                      n1    n2 statistic        p   p.adj p.adj.signif
##  * <chr>           <chr>                    <chr>                    <int> <int>     <dbl>    <dbl>   <dbl> <chr>       
##  1 Adjusted_Rating Original claim_adj       Consumer perception_adj     62    60     2.80   5.18e-3 7.77e-2 ns          
##  2 Adjusted_Rating Original claim_adj       High price_adj              62    60     2.11   3.49e-2 5.24e-1 ns          
##  3 Adjusted_Rating Original claim_adj       Low price_adj               62    62     1.58   1.13e-1 1   e+0 ns          
##  4 Adjusted_Rating Original claim_adj       Smaller participants_adj    62    60    -1.57   1.16e-1 1   e+0 ns          
##  5 Adjusted_Rating Original claim_adj       Big efficacy number_adj     62    62     3.50   4.64e-4 6.96e-3 **          
##  6 Adjusted_Rating Consumer perception_adj  High price_adj              60    60    -0.681  4.96e-1 1   e+0 ns          
##  7 Adjusted_Rating Consumer perception_adj  Low price_adj               60    62    -1.23   2.21e-1 1   e+0 ns          
##  8 Adjusted_Rating Consumer perception_adj  Smaller participants_adj    60    60    -4.33   1.47e-5 2.21e-4 ***         
##  9 Adjusted_Rating Consumer perception_adj  Big efficacy number_adj     60    62     0.676  4.99e-1 1   e+0 ns          
## 10 Adjusted_Rating High price_adj           Low price_adj               60    62    -0.539  5.90e-1 1   e+0 ns          
## 11 Adjusted_Rating High price_adj           Smaller participants_adj    60    60    -3.65   2.60e-4 3.90e-3 **          
## 12 Adjusted_Rating High price_adj           Big efficacy number_adj     60    62     1.36   1.73e-1 1   e+0 ns          
## 13 Adjusted_Rating Low price_adj            Smaller participants_adj    62    60    -3.14   1.67e-3 2.51e-2 *           
## 14 Adjusted_Rating Low price_adj            Big efficacy number_adj     62    62     1.92   5.52e-2 8.28e-1 ns          
## 15 Adjusted_Rating Smaller participants_adj Big efficacy number_adj     60    62     5.04   4.55e-7 6.83e-6 ****

Consensus and magnitude confusion

## [1] "Mean values with 95% confidence intervals for confidence degree variables:"
##            Column     Mean        SD         SE CI_Lower CI_Upper   n
## 1 Con-degree-high 2.901099 1.0358752 0.07678418 2.750602 3.051596 182
## 2  Con-degree-low 2.603261 0.8621933 0.06356173 2.478680 2.727842 184

Product choose reason (for all participants)

1 - I have used this product before and liked it. 2 - The packaging/design attracted me. 3 - It was a product I already intended to buy. 4 - The product claims appealed to me. 5 - The price seemed reasonable. 6 - Other (please specify)

Product choose reason (for selected participants)

1 - I have used this product before and liked it. 2 - The packaging/design attracted me. 3 - It was a product I already intended to buy. 4 - The product claims appealed to me. 5 - The price seemed reasonable. 6 - Other (please specify)

Other reasons are mostly: Brand, good reviews, ingredients

Did they search for info online?