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A Model for Predictive Measurements of Advertising Effectiveness

Journal of Marketing 1961 25(6), 59-62
The development and selection of research designs too often reflects thinking which is technique-oriented. This article looks at advertising research from another viewpoint. It starts with the questions: What is advertising supposed to do? What are its functions? The authors then show the implications of these questions in relation to measurements of the effectiveness of proposed advertisements.