Decision rule for evaluation criteria in purchase of durables-dominant rule adopted Urban WW Consumers Rural WW Consumers
White Goods Brown Goods White Goods Brown Goods
Conjunctive rule(non compensatory) 18.97 10.68 17.86 14.81
Elimination by aspects rule(non compensatory) 31.21 26.81 28.95 20.74
Disjunctive rule(non compensatory) 5.36 14.84 7.62 11.86
Lexicographic rule(non compensatory) 8.24 16.26 6.73 13.44
Compensatory rule 34.87 29.58 31.21 30.69
Heuristics/Thump rule 1.35 1.83 7.63 8.46
Table 3: Evaluative criteria adopted by consumers in purchase decision making.