See under QDA.
Quantitative Descriptive Analysis" is a methodology for analytical food sensory testing. A descriptive (descriptive) sensory analysis aims to identify and quantify sensory product characteristics by means of an objective description of human perception and to uncover relationships between the chemical-physical components and the sensory characteristics of this product by trained persons. The intensity of certain properties or characteristics is measured using an intensity scale. Such a quantitative descriptive analysis, also known as profile analysis or profile testing, also makes it possible to graphically visualise the differences between several products with defined properties.
In addition to QDA, there are also other difference tests. These are the triangle test (two of three products are identical, the deviating one must be recognised), the ranking test (differences with regard to a...
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