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The basic Nordic School approach, that of assessing satisfaction with a cross-section survey or appraisal raises one important dilemma. A criticism of the approach is that, when analysts and stakeholders obtain a set of scores, they may have difficulty in understanding their meaning and lack a context of interpretation. This issue is at the core of the charge made by Parasuraman and colleagues that the expectations approach is superior because it offers valuable contextual information (Parasuraman et al, 1985, 1994b). There are, however, three kinds of extensions to the basic Nordic School system that can augment the value of the post hoc only appraisals. 

It is possible, however, to be a little more definitive in synthesising satisfaction rather than simply noting new research opportunities. Both the EDP tradition and the Nordic School approaches can be applicable in tourist studies. The EDP family of approaches will be best applied to frequently purchased, standardised products that are familiar to the consumer. Much... 

For the more expressive aspects of tourism experience, particularly those where the expectations are likely to be poorly defined, unfamiliar or non-existent, a Nordic School performance only approach can be recommended. Some of the strengths of this approach lie in the clarity of its task for the traveller. The researcher too benefits from the post hoc assessment if both importance ratings and any one of the benchmarking approaches reviewed are employed to facilitate data interpretation. 

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Eijkman, Christiaan (1858-1930) Nordic Physician Christiaan Eijkman was born on August 11, 1858, at Nijkerk in Gelderland (the Netherlands) to Christiaan Eijkman, the headmaster of a local school, and Johanna Alida Pool. He received his education at his father s school in Zaandam. In 1875 he entered the Military Medical School of the University of Amsterdam and received training as a medical officer for the Netherlands Indies Army. From 1879 to 1881 he wrote his thesis On Polarization of the Nerves, which gained him his doctor s degree, with honors, on July 13, 1883. On a trip to the Indies he caught malaria and returned to Europe in 1885. 

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