The efficiency of the sales force could be improved if the effect of personal selling could be measured before a sale was completed. The experiment described here measured a central aspect of the prospective buyer's decision process—the change in his awareness and attitudes after receiving a sales call. Two scaling devices developed by psychologists and used extensively in advertising research were used.
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