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A SIMPLE ALTERNATIVE TO GENERALIZED PROCRUSTES ANALYSIS: APPLICATION TO SENSORY PROFILING DATA
Author(s) -
KUNERT JOACHIM,
QANNARI EL MOSTAFA
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of sensory studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.61
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1745-459X
pISSN - 0887-8250
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-459x.1999.tb00112.x
Subject(s) - profiling (computer programming) , permutation (music) , computer science , vocabulary , statistical hypothesis testing , mathematics , data mining , pattern recognition (psychology) , artificial intelligence , algorithm , statistics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , acoustics , operating system
A statistical method for analyzing sensory profiling data obtained by means of fixed vocabulary or free choice profiling is discussed. The most interesting feature of this method is that it involves only simple statistical treatment and can therefore be performed using standard software packages. The outcomes of this method are compared to those of Generalized Procrustes Analysis on the basis of two data sets obtained, respectively, by means of fixed vocabulary and free choice profiling. A significance test is also discussed in order to assess whether the overall configuration of the products is meaningful. This significance test is based upon a simulation study involving the permutation procedure.