Editor Biographies ix List of Contributors xi Preface to the Series xv Preface xix Section 1: Introduction 1 Introduction to Descriptive Analysis 3 Sarah E. Kemp, May Ng, Tracey Hollowood and Joanne Hort 2 General Considerations 41 Sylvie Issanchou 3 Setting Up and Training a Descriptive Analysis Panel 81 Margaret A. Everitt 4 Panel Quality Management: Performance, Monitoring and Proficiency 113 Carol Raithatha and Lauren Rogers 5 Statistical Analysis of Descriptive Data 165 Anne Hasted Section 2: Techniques 6 Consensus Methods for Descriptive Analysis 213 Edgar Chambers IV 7 Original Flavor and Texture Profile and Modified/Derivative Profile Descriptive Methods 237 Alejandra M. Muñoz and Patricia A. Keane 8 Quantitative Descriptive Analysis 287 Joel L. Sidel, Rebecca N. Bleibaum and K.W.

Clara Tao 9 Spectrum(tm) Method 319 Clare Dus, Lee Stapleton, Amy Trail, Annlyse Retiveau Krogmann and Gail Vance Civille 10 Quantitative Flavour Profiling 355 Sophie Davodeau and Christel Adam 11 A 5daptive Profile Method ® 389 Alejandra M. Muñoz 12 Ranking and RankRating 447 Graham Cleaver 13 Free Choice Profiling 493 Pieter H. Punter 14 Flash Profile Method 513 Wender L.P. Bredie, Jing Liu, Christian Dehlholm and Hildegarde Heymann 15 Projective Mapping & Sorting Tasks 535 Dominique Valentin, Sylvie Chollet, Michael Nestrud and Hervé Abdi 16 Polarized Sensory Positioning 561 Gastón Ares, Lucía Antúnez, Luis de Saldamando and Ana Giménez 17 CheckAllThatApply and Free Choice Description 579 Dominic Buck and Sarah E. Kemp Section 3: Applications 18 Application of Descriptive Sensory Analysis to Food and Drink Products 611 Cindy Beeren 19 Application of Descriptive Analysis to NonFood Products 647 Anne Churchill and Ruth Greenaway Section 4: Summary 20 Comparison of Descriptive Analysis Methods 681 Alejandra M. Muñoz, Sarah E. Kemp, Tracey Hollowood and Joanne Hort Index 711.