In this article the author describes a consumer-decision experiment which involved four dissonant-producing factors simultaneously. Even though the study is limited to only one product, an automobile battery, the findings provide useful insights that might be applicable to various product categories.
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Robert J. Holloway (1967) studied this question.
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