Chapter 10. So What are the Practical Considerations in Actually Running A Test? What Do I Need to Know? What Does the Rest of the Company Need to Know?

  1. Howard R. Moskowitz,
  2. Jacqueline H. Beckley,
  3. Anna V. A. Resurreccion

Published Online: 10 DEC 2007

DOI: 10.1002/9780470277706.ch10

Sensory and Consumer Research in Food Product Design and Development

Sensory and Consumer Research in Food Product Design and Development

How to Cite

Moskowitz, H. R., Beckley, J. H. and Resurreccion, A. V. A. (eds) (2007) So What are the Practical Considerations in Actually Running A Test? What Do I Need to Know? What Does the Rest of the Company Need to Know?, in Sensory and Consumer Research in Food Product Design and Development, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470277706.ch10

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 10 DEC 2007
  2. Published Print: 11 JUL 2006

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780813816326

Online ISBN: 9780470277706

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Keywords:

  • sensory tests;
  • product development;
  • consumer research;
  • consumer panel;
  • employee bias

Summary

This chapter contains section titled:

  • Introduction

  • The Who: What Type of Individual Should Be Used in Sensory Tests for Product Development?

  • Employees and Bias

  • How Many Panelists Will I Need?

  • Pragmatics: How Do I Get the Right Individuals to Participate?

  • Running the Study: A Potpourri of Issues