Survival Analysis Statistics Applied to Threshold Data Obtained from the Ascending Forced-Choice Method of Limits

Journal of Sensory Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 414-421

  Hough, Guillermo ^a   Methven, Lisa ^b   Lawless, Harry T ^c  

^a Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHODS; FORCED-CHOICE METHOD; GROUP PERFORMANCE; INDIVIDUAL SEQUENCES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; ROBUST TECHNIQUE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

FOOD TECHNOLOGY;

BIOINFORMATICS;

EID: 84885831074     PISSN: 08878250     EISSN: 1745459X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joss.12067     Document Type: Article

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