Paired preference data with a no-preference option - Statistical tests for comparison with placebo data

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-55

  Christensen, Rune Haubo Bojesen ^a   Ennis, John M ^b   Ennis, Daniel M ^b   Brockhoff, Per Bruun ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Institute for Perception   (United States)

Author keywords

2 AC; Paired preference; Power; Simulation study; Type I error

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886262922     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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