USING CUMULATIVE RANKS TO DETECT INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SENSORY PROFILING

Abstract
This paper is about detection of individual differences among assessors in sensory profiling. A discussion of different types of such differences are given and a graphical tool that can be used for detection of some of them is presented. It is also discussed how this tool, the so called Eggshell plot, can be used in practice and how it is related to the different types of individual differences. The theory is illustrated by two examples from sensory profiling, one from analysis of sausages and one from analysis of cheese.
Keywords