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Sensory Analysis

7. Types of tests for recipe optimization

7.5. Statistical Evaluation of a ranking check

To determine the overall ranking of a sample simply all rankings are summed up and then the samples are ranked in the order of the smallest to the largest sum

The table shows the ranking each examiner gave each sample. The total ranking is determined by adding all ranks per sample.

Rank Sum Calculation






 

 Sample 830

 Sample 713

 Sample 924

 Sample 412

Sample 335

examiner 1

1

2

3

5

4

examiner 2

2

1

4

3

5

examiner 3

2

3

1

4

5

examiner 4

1

2

3

5

4

examiner 5

1

2

4

5

4

examiner 6

2

1

5

4

3

rank sum

9

11

20

26

25

Overall rank

1

2

3

5

4