Myrna Larson wrote:
Hmmm... If MaxDiff is what you have found, then
I'm surprised that the OP didn't know about it.
Sounds like a common (but perhaps new) method in market
research, which he says is his field. Curious situation...

I share the observation. I had to bite my tongue (fingers?)
to keep from commenting on that fact myself. (Biting my
tongue again to keep from saying more ;-.)