Description

Case study pertaining to Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA) applied to ten varieties of cider. The sensory panel consists of seven trained assessors who were asked to rate ten varieties of cider using a list of ten sensory attributes.

Usage

Format

An object of class "array" with 10 ciders (mode 1), 10 sensory attributes (mode 2) and 7 assessors (mode 3):

ciders

1 to 10

sensory attributes

sweet, acid, bitter, astringency, odor strength, pungent, alcohol, perfume, intensity, and fruity

Panel

Judge.1 to Judge.7

References

Ledauphin, S., Hanafi, M., & Qannari, E. M. (2006). Assessment of the agreement among the subjects in fixed vocabulary profiling. Food quality and preference, 17(3-4), 277-280. (ScienceDirect)

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