An earlier study conducted in 1973 by Donnelly, Etzel, and Roeth concluded "an individual's breadth of categorization is related to his purchase of new products [p. 337]." Questions are raised about how the products studied were selected, choice of subjects, and the measure of association used. It is argued that the original conclusion is weakly supported.
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