How many judges should one use for sensory descriptive analysis?

Journal of Sensory Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-122

  Heymann, H ^a   Machado, B ^b   Torri, L ^c   Robinson, A L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Yeatman Hotel   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GASTRONOMIC SCIENCES   (Italy)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTORS; MULTIFACTOR ANALYSIS; RED WINE;

EID: 84859426584     PISSN: 08878250     EISSN: 1745459X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-459X.2012.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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