Descriptive Analysis uses highly trained panelists to objectively assess product characteristics. They do not provide liking or acceptance responses and are usually treated as an instrumental measure. When testing with consumers, they are most frequently asked to rate specific attributes according to their liking or intensity (among other tests, but this article focuses on these two methods). These pre-determined attributes may not be important or detectable to the consumer and may not provide the necessary data1.
Free-choice profiling (FCP) is a quick and inexpensive method in which consumers are asked to both identify attributes in the sample and rate the liking and/or intensity of those attributes2. They should be provided with adequate instruction on how to perform this test and possibly given product categories to consider (aroma, appearance, flavor, texture, etc.). Each consumer will have different attributes, indicating which are most important. Though consumers should be recruited as normal (product usage, age/gender specifications), researchers may be able to separate consumers into groups, better identifying which characteristics are most important in that segment.
FCP Analysis
Since consumers will have developed different lexicons/vocabularies, similar terms may be grouped at the researcher’s discretion: first by category, then by term. It is important to note that consumers may use terms in different ways.
Descriptive Analysis uses highly trained panelists to objectively assess product characteristics. They do not provide liking or acceptance responses and are usually treated as an instrumental measure. When testing with consumers, they are most frequently asked to rate specific attributes according to their liking or intensity (among other tests, but this article focuses on these two methods). These pre-determined attributes may not be important or detectable to the consumer and may not provide the necessary data1. Free-choice profiling (FCP) is a quick and inexpensive method in which consumers are asked to both identify attributes in the sample and rate the liking and/or intensity of those attributes2. They should be provided with adequate instruction on how to perform this test and possibly given product categories to consider (aroma, appearance, flavor, texture, etc.). Each consumer will have different attributes, indicating which are most important. Though consumers should be recruited as normal (product usage, age/gender specifications), researchers may be able to separate consumers into groups, better identifying which characteristics are most important in that segment. FCP Analysis Since consumers will have developed different lexicons/vocabularies, similar terms may be grouped at the researcher’s discretion: first by category, then by term. It is important to note that consumers may use terms in different ways.
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