TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative categorization method
T2 - Using 2-AFC strategy in constant-reference duo-trio for discrimination of multiple stimuli from a reference
AU - Jeong, Yu Na
AU - van Hout, Danielle
AU - Groeneschild, Chantalle
AU - Lee, Hye Seong
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (No. 2015R1A1A1A05001170). The authors thank Hyun-kyung Shin and Bo-Kyoung Kwon for their assistance for this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - In the fast moving consumer goods industry, unspecified (overall) sensory difference tests are commonly used with sensory panels to compare multiple types of stimuli against a gold standard. In order to measure sensory differences accurately and reliably, it is important to investigate the efficiency of unspecified sensory difference test methods not only in terms of statistical test power, but also in practice, i.e., operational test power. One unspecified difference test method, the duo-trio method using constant-reference, is procedurally equivalent to the 2-AFC with reminder (2-AFCR), for which the 2-AFC decision strategies can be used by performing a comparative categorization task. However, the feasibility and efficiency of the comparative categorization task using a constant-reference duo-trio method has not been tested for the discrimination of multiple stimuli from a reference. The objectives of the present study were 1) to evaluate the adoption of the 2-AFC decision strategy in such comparative categorization methods for discriminating multiple products from a reference, and 2) to compare the efficiency and power of these comparative categorization methods with the unspecified tetrad and balanced-reference duo-trio methods. Using two sensory panels to discriminate two different iced tea stimuli from a reference, our results confirmed that a 2-AFC strategy can be adopted in comparative categorization methods without specifying sensory attributes. With an equal number of tastings, the comparative categorization methods using a 2-AFC strategy showed comparable operational test power with the unspecified tetrad method. Among the two versions (using a constant-reference duo-trio with the reference at the first position (DTF) and duo-trio with a reference presented first and in the middle of two alternative stimuli (DTFM)) of the comparative categorization methods examined in the present study, DTF was more reliable across repeated sessions than other unspecified methods investigated.
AB - In the fast moving consumer goods industry, unspecified (overall) sensory difference tests are commonly used with sensory panels to compare multiple types of stimuli against a gold standard. In order to measure sensory differences accurately and reliably, it is important to investigate the efficiency of unspecified sensory difference test methods not only in terms of statistical test power, but also in practice, i.e., operational test power. One unspecified difference test method, the duo-trio method using constant-reference, is procedurally equivalent to the 2-AFC with reminder (2-AFCR), for which the 2-AFC decision strategies can be used by performing a comparative categorization task. However, the feasibility and efficiency of the comparative categorization task using a constant-reference duo-trio method has not been tested for the discrimination of multiple stimuli from a reference. The objectives of the present study were 1) to evaluate the adoption of the 2-AFC decision strategy in such comparative categorization methods for discriminating multiple products from a reference, and 2) to compare the efficiency and power of these comparative categorization methods with the unspecified tetrad and balanced-reference duo-trio methods. Using two sensory panels to discriminate two different iced tea stimuli from a reference, our results confirmed that a 2-AFC strategy can be adopted in comparative categorization methods without specifying sensory attributes. With an equal number of tastings, the comparative categorization methods using a 2-AFC strategy showed comparable operational test power with the unspecified tetrad method. Among the two versions (using a constant-reference duo-trio with the reference at the first position (DTF) and duo-trio with a reference presented first and in the middle of two alternative stimuli (DTFM)) of the comparative categorization methods examined in the present study, DTF was more reliable across repeated sessions than other unspecified methods investigated.
KW - 2-AFC strategy
KW - Constant-reference duo-trio
KW - Decision strategy
KW - Operational test power
KW - Trained sensory panel
KW - Unspecified tetrad
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U2 - 10.1016/j.foodqual.2017.03.016
DO - 10.1016/j.foodqual.2017.03.016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021456213
SN - 0950-3293
VL - 62
SP - 284
EP - 295
JO - Food Quality and Preference
JF - Food Quality and Preference
ER -