TY - BOOK AU - Lawless,Harry T. AU - Heymann,Hildegarde TI - Sensory evaluation of food : : Principles and practices / T2 - Food science texts series SN - 9781493950393 U1 - 664.07 PY - 2010/// CY - New York : PB - Springer KW - Food processing technology KW - Sensory evaluation KW - Physiological foundations KW - Discrimination theory KW - Scaling KW - Quality control KW - Research N2 - Sensory testing will always involve human participants. Humans are tough measuring instruments to work with. They come with varying degrees of acumen, training, experiences, differing genetic equipment, sensory capabilities, and of course, different preferences. Human foibles and their associated error variance will continue to place a limitation on sensory tests and actionable results. Reducing, controlling, partitioning, and explaining error variance are all at the heart of good test methods and practices ER -