This article examines the hierarchy of effects description of consumer decision making using cross-lagged correlations, a recently developed technique for establishing causal relations among variables over time. Data are from a five-month panel of housewives reporting on two brands of a convenience food, and results tend to confirm the hierarchy of effects.
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