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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

Can Larger Sample Sizes Result in Missed Opportunities?

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

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

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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