BS ISO 8588:2017 specifies a procedure for determining whether a perceptible sensory difference exists
between samples of two products. The method applies whether a difference exists in a single sensory
attribute or in several.
The "A" - "not A" test can be used in sensory analysis in the following ways:
- a) as a difference test, particularly for evaluating samples having variations, for example, in
appearance (making it difficult to obtain strictly identical repeat samples) or in aftertaste (making
direct comparison difficult);
- b) as a recognition test, particularly for determining whether an assessor or group of assessors
identifies a new stimulus in relation to a known stimulus (for example, recognition of the quality of
the sweet taste of a new sweetener);
- c) as a perception test, to determine the ability of an assessor to discriminate stimuli.
The "A" - "not A" test is not appropriate for assessing if two products are sufficiently similar to be used
interchangeably (i.e. for similarity testing) because the "A" - "not A" test inherently involves replicate
evaluations of the same products by all assessors. These replicate evaluations violate the basic
assumptions for similarity tests to be statistically valid.
Examples of its application are given in Annex B.
Cross References:ISO 8586:2012
ISO 5492:2008
ISO 8589:2007 Ed 2
ISO 3534-1:2006
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| ISBN(s) : | 9780580844560 |
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| Product Code(s) : | 30290734, 30290734, 30290734 |
| Published : | 07/31/2017 |
| Same As : | BS ISO 8588:2017 |
