Choice Task
The respondent is asked a choice task. Usually this is which of the alternatives they prefer. In this example, the Choice task is 'forced'. An 'unforced' choice would allow the respondents to also select 'Neither'.
The choice task is used as the dependent variable in the resulting choice model
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