8,064 rated or chosen profiles from 224 respondents, in up to 12 tasks of 3 profiles varying on 9 attributes.
| Description | Choice experiment in which 224 New Zealand electricity bill payers chose among their current supplier and two hypothetical suppliers (A, B) described by call waiting time, fixed-rate guarantee, prompt-payment discount, loyalty rewards, renewable share, NZ ownership, supplier type and monthly bill. 12 tasks each, forced choice. |
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| Reference | Ndebele, T., Marsh, D., & Scarpa, R. (2019). Consumer switching in retail electricity markets: Is price all that matters? Energy Economics, 83, 88-103. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.eneco.2019.06.012 |
| Licence | CC BY-NC 3.0 |
| Source data | https://doi.org/10.17632/t58vfsrv5w |
These notes describe the source data, which the IRW reproduces as released. All notes are listed on the Data Notes page.
| Respondents | 224 |
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| Rows (one per respondent, task and profile) | 8,064 |
| Tasks per respondent (most) | 12 |
| Profiles per task | 3 |
| Attributes | 9 |
| Tasks with no profile chosen | 0 |
| Topic | climate energy environment |
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| A profile represents | product service |
| Country | NZ |
| Language shown | en |
| Language of stored levels | en |
| Randomization restrictions | unknown |
| Task order | recorded in the deposit |
| Profile position | recorded in the deposit |
Outcomes:
| choice | In the scenarios that follow please only consider the information provided in deciding whether to switch supplier or not. Assume that any information not provided is the same for the three suppliers. Which supplier would you prefer? [choice, forced] |
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attr_alternativeattr_call_waiting_timeattr_fixed_rate_guaranteeattr_loyalty_rewardsattr_monthly_billattr_nz_ownershipattr_prompt_payment_discountattr_renewable_shareattr_supplier_typechoicecov_adultscov_agecov_asiancov_children_under18cov_gendercov_household_sizecov_income_nzdcov_maoricov_nz_europeancov_other_ethniccov_owns_residencecov_pacificcov_switched_24midprofiletask
The layout (one row per respondent, task and profile; choice/rating outcomes; attr_ columns holding each attribute level as displayed) is defined in the IRW conjoint standard. What the outcomes asked is under Design above.
Licence: CC BY-NC 3.0 — non-commercial use only.
Or load it directly in R or Python (both need a free Redivis account; the first call opens a browser to sign in):
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("ndebele_2019_electricity_switching", source = "conj")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("ndebele_2019_electricity_switching", source="conj")
@article{Ndebele_2019, title={Consumer switching in retail electricity markets: Is price all that matters?}, volume={83}, ISSN={0140-9883}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.06.012}, DOI={10.1016/j.eneco.2019.06.012}, journal={Energy Economics}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Ndebele, Tom and Marsh, Dan and Scarpa, Riccardo}, year={2019}, month=Sept, pages={88–103} }
| IRW version | v584 |
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| Redivis dataset | irw_conjoint_2 v1.4 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/hk97-wv30 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v1.4 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v44.0 |