Masters Theses
Keywords and Phrases
Eye-tracking; Online recommender system
Abstract
"Online retail business has become an emerging market for almost all business owners. Online recommender systems provide better services to the consumers as well as assist consumers with their decision making processes. In this study, a controlled lab experiment was conducted to assess the effect of recommendation timing (early, mid, and late) and recommendation source (expert reviews vs. consumer reviews) on e-commerce users' interest and attention. Eye-tracking data was extracted from the experiment and analyzed. The results suggest that users show more interest in recommendation based on consumer reviews than recommendation based on expert reviews. Earlier recommendations do not receive greater user attention than later recommendations"--Abstract, page iii.
Advisor(s)
Nah, Fiona Fui-Hoon, 1966-
Committee Member(s)
Siau, Keng, 1964-
Hall, Richard H.
Department(s)
Business and Information Technology
Degree Name
M.S. in Information Science and Technology
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Publication Date
Summer 2016
Pagination
vii, 29 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-28).
Rights
© 2016 Qing Zeng, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Electronic commerce -- ResearchTeleshopping -- ResearchConsumer behaviorEye tracking
Thesis Number
T 10989
Electronic OCLC #
958294270
Recommended Citation
Zeng, Qing, "Effect of timing and source of online product recommendations: An eye-tracking study" (2016). Masters Theses. 7576.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/7576