Viewpoints and Controversies in Sensory Science and Consumer Product Testing
Contributors: Munoz, Alejandra M.; Gacula, Maximo C.; Wiley online library
Series: Publications in Food Science and Nutrition
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
ISBN-13: 9780470384909
Subjects: Commercial products
Description: The authors skillfully present different approaches to the same problem and even different ways to look at the same type of data. If you have ever been stumped by a controversy in product assessment, the design of studies, or the analysis of data, you will find the answer in this book.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: VIEWPOINTS AND CONTROVERSIES IN SENSORY SCIENCE AND CONSUMER PRODUCT TESTING; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1 THE ROLE OF SENSORY SCIENCE IN THE COMING DECADE; CHAPTER 2 INTERNATIONAL SENSORY SCIENCE; CHAPTER 3 SENSORY MYTHOLOGY; CHAPTER 4 CONTRASTING R & D, SENSORY SCIENCE, AND MARKETING RESEARCH APPROACHES; CHAPTER 5 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY IN SENSORY SCIENCE; CHAPTER 6 THE INTERFACE BETWEEN PSYCHOPHYSICS AND SENSORY SCIENCE: METHODS VERSUS REAL KNOWLEDGE; CHAPTER 7 DESCRIPTIVE PANELS/ EXPERTS VERSUS CONSUMERS; CHAPTER 8 SAMPLE ISSUES IN CONSUMER TESTING.; title: CHAPTER 9 HEDONICS, JUST-ABOUT-RIGHT, PURCHASE AND OTHER SCALES IN CONSUMER TESTSCHAPTER 10 ASKING CONSUMERS TO RATE PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES; CHAPTER 11 QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN; CHAPTER 12 CHOICE OF POPULATION IN CONSUMER STUDIES; CHAPTER 13 BIASES DUE TO CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS; CHAPTER 14 SAMPLE SIZE N, OR NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS; CHAPTER 15 THE USE AND CAVEATS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; CHAPTER 16 THE FOUR D'S OF SENSORY SCIENCE: DIFF.