The FCBI is a 3-item measure of consumer product involvement developed by Ratchford in 1987. It uses a 7-point semantic differential scale to assess the personal importance and attention given to a product. The initial pool of 50 items was reduced through 5 studies to the final 3-item scale. These studies involved over 2,000 participants rating over 250 products and demonstrated the scale's good internal consistency and validity, including convergent validity with other involvement measures. Scores are reported on a 100-point scale with mean scores plotted for 60 products.