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The Predictive Power of Customers’ Words

Last month, I illustrated a new method of measuring customers’ attitudes about a company’s product or brand. This method is unique because it combines both a structured and unstructured measurement approach. Companies can use an open-ended survey question that asks customers to provide a single word that best describes the company/brand. From this one word, companies can apply […]

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Figure 1. Meaning of Scale Values for Likelihood to Recommend Ratings

The Meaning of Scale Values for Likelihood to Recommend Ratings

Customer experience management professionals use self-reported “likelihood” questions to measure customer loyalty. In their basic form, customer loyalty questions ask customers to rate their likelihood of engaging in different types of loyalty behaviors toward the company, including behaviors around retention (likelihood to leave), advocacy (likelihood to recommend) and purchasing (likelihood to buy different products). These loyalty […]

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It is all about measurement

Respondents Needed for a Study about the Use of Net Scores and Mean Scores in Customer Experience Management

I am seeking help from customer experience management (CEM) professionals to complete a short survey (~5 minutes) for my research.  In return for your contribution to science, I will give each survey respondent a copy of my new customer experience management book, TCE: Total Customer Experience (pdf version). Background to Research: Net Scores and Mean Scores I […]

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Map of US Hospitals and their Health Outcome Metrics

Map of US Hospitals and their Health Outcome Metrics

Using publicly available hospital data, I developed a map to help you easily identify and understand how your hospital ranks with respect to two key outcome measures: 1) Mortality rates and 2) Re-admission rates. These outcome measures were used to calculate new outcome metrics (Survival Rate and Non-Readmission Rate) where higher scores reflected better performance […]

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Map of US Hospitals and their Process of Care Metrics

Map of US Hospitals and their Process of Care Metrics

Using publicly available hospital data, I developed a map to that ranks US hospitals with respect to how well they follow guidelines, standards of care or practice parameters. This process of care metric is based on medical information from patient records that reflects the rate or percentage across 12 procedures related to surgical care.  These percentages […]

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Internal consistency reliability

How Reliable is your CEM Program?

Companies rely on different types of statistical analyses to extract information from their Customer experience management (CEM) data. For example, segmentation analysis (using analysis of variance) is used to understand differences across key customer groups. Driver analysis (using correlational analysis) is conducted to help identify the business areas responsible for customer dis/loyalty. These types of analyses are […]

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Three Phases of the Customer Lifecycle

Measuring The Customer Experience Requires Fewer Questions Than You Think

A formal definition of customer experience, taken from Wikipedia, states that customer experience is: “The sum of all experiences a customer has with a supplier of goods or services, over the duration of their relationship with that supplier.” In practical terms, customer experience is the customer’s perception of, and attitude about, different areas of your […]

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Overall Mobile Application Ratings (Star ratings) are Related to Different Types of User Loyalty

What does the 5-point/star mobile app rating tell us about user loyalty?

I have had the opportunity to apply my knowledge about customer loyalty/experience measurement in the area of mobile application development/testing. Today’s post is about the measurement of user loyalty toward mobile applications. Does the 5-Point/Star Rating Measure User Loyalty? The 5-point/star rating scale has become the default mobile app loyalty metric in mobile app stores. […]

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