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Difference & Preference Tests

DIFFERENCE AND PREFERENCE TESTS

Sample Selection for Methods Comparison

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Paradoxes in Sensory and Consumer Science

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Can Larger Sample Sizes Result in Missed Opportunities?

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Derived Preference from Applicability Scoring
 

Consumer Relevant Confidence in Sensory Difference Tests

 

Replicated Preference Testing to Diagnose Consumer Segmentation

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Preference without a Difference

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Confidence Intervals and Consumer Relevance

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Transitioning from Proportion of Discriminators to Thurstonian Delta
 

When Are Two Products Close Enough to be Equivalent?

Proper Task Instructions and the Two-out-of-Five Test

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Reducing Costs with Tetrad Testing

Interpreting Applicability Scores

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How to Set Identicality Norms for No Preference Data

Action Standards in a Successful Sensory Discrimination Program

 

How to Account for "No Difference / Preference" Counts

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Scaling First-Last, MaxDiff and Best-Worst Data

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New Developments in Equivalence Testing

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Why Proportion of Discriminators is Method-Specific

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Indices of Sensory Difference: R-Index and d'

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Alternative Methods for Understanding Preference

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Relating Expert and Consumer Sensitivities

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Just-About-Right Scales

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Multivariate Difference Testing with Multiple Samples
 

Discrimination Testing with Multiple Samples

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How Retasting Can Improve the Power of Product Testing

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Population Thresholds

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Models for the A-Not A Method

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Thurstonian Scaling for Difference Tests

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