Similarity testing in sensory and consumer research

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-149

  Bi, Jian ^a  

^a Sensometrics Research and Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Anderson and Hauck's non central t test; Dunnett and Gent's chi squared test; Interval hypotheses testing; Schuirmann's two one sided tests; Similarity testing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONSUMER; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSORY EVALUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13944263691     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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