Oi Yi Chan

9/1/2014
A03 Thurs Afternoon
YC,WW,XW,RL
1) PURPOSE/ OBJECTIVES:
The purpose is to understand the ability of the human sensory organs to identify
difference of food by using two analytical tests (triangle test and ranking test) and
choose ones preference by the consumer test (preference test). The significant
difference is determined using standard statistical tables.
2) PROCEDURE :
There were three test methods being used in this lab, which is triangle test,
ranking test and preference test. Triangle test is designed for testing if a noticeable
difference exists between samples, and the significance of difference is
determined using standard statistical tables. In the triangle test, three orange juice
samples with random order were provided to each judge, random samples are
designed to offset the positional bias. Within the three samples, only one sample is
from a different brand, the difference among three samples is being tested.
Ranking test is the simplest form of intensity test, which four samples of
lemonade with different level of viscosity were presented randomly to judges.
Judges would rank four lemonade depend on their viscosity.
Preference test is a consumer test that indicates the products that consumers
prefer. Two different brands of coke (Coca-Cola and Pepsi) are presented
randomly to judges, and the judges would simply choose the one they like.

3) DATA:
Table 1 - Triangle Master Sheet
JudgeI
D
1
674
123

186

Judge
ID
16

830

960

946

0
1

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

A
061
A
030
A
712
B
886
A
877
A
706
B
365
B
564
A
393
A
858
A
333
A
005
B
113
A
075
A

B
900
B
918
B
645
A
285
A
830
B
291
A
466
A
686
B
860
B
421
B
293
A
581
B
912
B
518
A

A
632
B
684
A
158
A
038
B
272
B
906
B
687
A
200
B
016
B
342
A
219
B
035
A
180
B
045
B

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

A
985
A
067
B
490
A
700
B
210
B
032
A
397
B
453
A
804
B
123
B

B
226
A
331
B
478
B
114
B
279
A
480
B
237
B
390
A
464
A
328
B

A
756
B
158
A
478
A
334
A
918
B
548
A
288
A
526
B
123
A
674
A

1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1

0
0
0

TOTAL CORRECT = 12
Number of judges : 26
1 - the correct answer, the odd one is correctly selected
0 - the wrong answer, the odd one is not correctly selected
A Naked orange juice
B Odwalla orange juice

Table 2 - Master Sheet for Ranking test

Judge
1

A
code
920

rank
1

B
code
846

rank
4

C
code
783

rank
2

D
code
144

Rank
3
2

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
19
20
21
22
24
25
26
27
28
Rank
Totals

886
251
936
075
521
463
203
176
634
884
715
368
444
506
466
179
534
203
920
886
936
196
639
928
354

1
1
3
1
1
2
1
1
4
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3

068
904
456
754
238
839
509
045
183
014
045
922
675
667
112
488
609
509
846
068
456
455
474
842
819

36

3
2
2
2
2
1
2
4
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
4

573
987
352
615
060
223
243
475
187
508
846
422
332
529
809
068
141
243
783
573
352
029
743
114
562

56

2
4
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
72

836
532
895
182
738
093
445
857
786
014
643
261
796
419
232
104
157
445
144
836
895
216
918
651
454

4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
1
96

Number of judges : 26
Table 3 - PREFERENCE Test
A- Coke-cola B - Pepsi
Judge
A
Code
Selected
1

950

B
Code

Selected

222

1
3

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
13
14
15
17
19
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Total

224
312
093
526
318
912
367
499
700
395
385
857
682
977
093
950
224
312
093
526
318
977
329
093
633

1
1
1

1
1

1
1

324
760
786
124
984
363
554
349
289
575
678
509
376
515
987
222
324
760
786
124
984
515
680
987
085

1
1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
17

Number of judges: 26
1-The product is preferred
Table 4
A.

Triangle Test

Number of judges

____26_____
4

Total number of times judges

B.

Identified the odd sample

____12_____

Level of significance

____not significant_____

Ranking Test

Samples

Rank Totals

Ra

____36_____

Rb

____56_____

Rc

____72_____

Rd

____96_____

Number of judges

____26_____

Number of treatments

____28_____

Absolute Rank Sum differences:

|Ra Rb| = _____20______ |Ra Rc| =_____36______ |Ra Rd| =_____60______
|Rb Rc| =_____16______

C.

|Rb Rd| =_____40______ |Rc Rd| =_____24______

Preference Test

Number of judges

____26____

Total number preferring A

____9____

Total number preferring B

____17____

Significance level

____not significant____

4) QUESTIONS:
a. Triangle test:
There is no significant difference between the sweetness of two orange juices
as there are only 12 correct out of 26 judges, which didnt reach the minimum
correct answers necessary to establish level of significance. Thus there would
be no significant difference indicated by the judges. To improve the evaluation
of sweetness, samples with larger sugar content should be used in sampling,
so that there would be a more obvious sweetness between the samples.
b. Ranking test:
There is significant different at 1% level for sample |Ra Rc|, sample |Ra Rd|
and sample |Rb Rd|, also for sample |Rc Rd| there is a significant different at
5% level. The critical absolute difference is 24 at 5% level and 29 at 1% level.
The result indicates there is a graduate increasing viscosity from sample A to
D.
c. Preference test:
From the result, there are 9 people preferred Coca-Cola and 17 people
preferred Pepsi, while it didnt reach the minimum agreeing judgments
necessary to establish significant differentiation of 19 at 5%. Thus there is no
evidence to show either one sample is preferred. The testing conditions were
appropriate for a consumer test as the conditions were same for the analytical
tests.