Beer 1

Beer2
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Product codes: Workbook = demo-triangle.xls / Sheet = Data / Range = Data!$B$4:$B$5 / 2 rows and 1 column
Test type: Triangle test
Assessors: 20
Seed (random numbers): 118565379
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Product codes:

1 Beer 1
2 Beer2

Identify the product that differs from the others.

Design of Sensory discrimination tests:

Product 1 Product 2 ProductCorrect

3 / Incorrect
J1 Beer 1 Beer2 Beer2 +
J2 Beer2 Beer2 Beer 1 +
J3 Beer 1 Beer2 Beer 1 +
J4 Beer 1 Beer2 Beer 1 -
J5 Beer2 Beer 1 Beer2 -
J6 Beer2 Beer 1 Beer2 -
J7 Beer 1 Beer2 Beer2 +
J8 Beer 1 Beer2 Beer2 +
J9 Beer 1 Beer2 Beer2 +
J10 Beer2 Beer 1 Beer 1 +
J11 Beer2 Beer2 Beer 1 +
J12 Beer 1 Beer2 Beer 1 +
J13 Beer2 Beer 1 Beer2 -
J14 Beer 1 Beer 1 Beer2 +
J15 Beer2 Beer 1 Beer2 +
J16 Beer 1 Beer2 Beer2 +
J17 Beer2 Beer 1 Beer2 -
J18 Beer2 Beer 1 Beer 1 +
J19 Beer2 Beer2 Beer 1 +
J20 Beer2 Beer 1 Beer 1 +
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XLSTAT 2017.4.12345 - Sensory discrimination tests - Start time: 12/07/2017 at 11:24:53 / End time: 12/07/2017 at 11:2
Discrimination test results: Workbook = demo-triangle01.xls / Sheet = Sensory design / Range = 'Sensory design'!$F$20:$
Test type: Triangle test
Method: Thurstonian model
Statistic: Clopper-Pearson
Power: Binomial
Significance level (%): 5
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Summary of selected options:

Test Triangle test

Number of assessors 20
Prop. of correct answers 0.750
Guessing probability 0.333

Sensory discrimination tests:

Prop. of discrim. 0.625

Statistic 14.000
p-value 0.000
alpha 0.050
Power 0.986

Test interpretation:

H0: d-prime is equal to 0.

Ha: d-prime is greater than 0.

As the computed p-value is lower than the significance level alpha=0,05, one should reject the null hypothesis H0, and a

The risk to reject the null hypothesis H0 while it is true is lower than 0,02%.

Estimated parameter (Thurstonian model / Clopper-Pearson):

Parameters Value Std. deviation Lower bound (95%)

Prop. of correct answers 0.750 0.097 0.509
Prop. of discrim. 0.625 0.145 0.263
d-prime 2.797 0.599 1.513
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gn / Range = 'Sensory design'!$F$20:$F$40 / 20 rows and 1 column

d reject the null hypothesis H0, and accept the alternative hypothesis Ha.

Upper bound (95%)

0.913
0.870
4.197