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Hands on Preference Mapping and Consumer/Sensory Statistics-Course

Designed to give you the knowledge, practice and tools to do your own design, analysis and interpretation of central location trials. Hands-on exercises, free XLSTAT software for participants to take away.

Hal MacFie, Anne Hasted
7-9 October 2008
Venue: Paris: MEDIASITE
42, rue Legendre 75017 Paris
Tél +33 1 47 54 0808
Fax +33 1 47 54 0806
info@mediasite.fr
www.mediasite.fr

Course Organiser
Hal MacFie
Bristol
Details and registration hal@halmacfie.com

This course forms a hands-on introduction to those statistical methods needed by a sensory and consumer scientist. Mainly based around the use of XLSTAT, attendees will gain practical experience using real-life examples and will be able to save their work to take away with a free copy of XLSTAT and XLSTAT-MX so they will be competent to start using their expertise from day 1 after the course. Attendees will also receive a 3 month license for Design Express - the powerful QI Statistics consumer trial design software and a number of specialised Excel spreadsheets.

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ABOUT THE LECTURERS

Dr. Hal MacFie is a statistician by training, with an international reputation in the areas of product assessment and consumer research. Author of over 100 scientific publications and three books, he was Head of Consumer Science at the Institute of Food Research, Reading England, before becoming Director of the Institute. Dr. MacFie is now an independent consultant, Visiting Professor at Reading University and European Editor of Food Quality and Preference.

Anne Hasted began her career as an academic statistician at Reading University, leaving in 1989 to set up Qi Statistics Ltd offering statistical training and consultancy support to research and industry. She has wide training and consultancy experience in the food industry, particularly in the area of product improvement.


Course Outline

October 7th Day 1

9.00 - 12.30

Analysis of Central Location Trials.
Tabulation and Presentation of scores and demographics data.
Hands on exercises in Excel.
Analysis of Variance, one and two way, Presentation of results, Bar charts, Use of Least Significant Differences.
Multiple Comparison tests, Penalty analysis
Hands on Exercises in Excel
Analysis of incomplete designs.
Exercises in XLSTAT and XLSTAT-MX

   
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
 

13.30 - 14.30

Designing Central Location trials:
Warm up, selection of samples, balanced designs and numbers of respondents
Hands on exercises using DESIGN EXPRESS and free QI statistics Excel spread sheet

   
14.30 - 17.30 Comparison of JAR data using chi-squared tests.
Analysis of paired preference data and CATA (check all that apply) data.
TURF analysis
Correspondence Analysis - definition, graphical explanation, use with two way tables, Multiple Correspondence Analysis, Use for analysing demographical data in Central location trials.
   
19.30 Dinner for attendees

Ocotber 8th Day 2

9.00 - 12.30 Segmentation Strategies.
Using Cluster Analysis to identify consumer segments.
Hierarchical versus Non-hierarchical methods
Hands on Exercises using XLSTAT
Latent Class clustering - an overview of its approach and possible advantages.
Evaluating the cluster solution - discrimination, investigating relationships with demographics.
Use of Correspondence Analysis to visualise the relationships between segments and demographics.
   
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
   
13.30-16.00 Data Mapping and Brand Positioning
Principal Components Analysis - definition, graphical explanation, scaling, score plots and loadings plots.
Internal preference mapping and cluster visualisation
Brand - attribute mapping
Hands on exercises using XLSTAT
   
19.30 Course Dinner

Ocotber 9th Day 3

9.00 - 12.30

Relating Consumer and Sensory Data
Linear and quadratic regression ( Simple preference mapping)
Building simple regression models to relate liking to sensory data, linear, quadratic models.
Modelling with multivariate sensory data using PCA, vector and ideal point models
Exercises using XLSTAT External Preference Mapping.
External preference mapping using XLSTAT-MX. . Using the software to select the correct model for each segment.
Crossover Preference Mapping
Hands on exercises using XLSTAT Prefmap module.
What sensory properties will the desired product have?
Hands on exercise using XLSTAT

 
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
   
13.30 - 16.30 Advanced Preference Mapping
New Ideas
Partial Least Squares, Relating Consumer data to Sensory and instrumental data
Exercises using XLSTAT PLS
Kano strategies to lift good products to great!
PLS for KANO and predicting sensory characteristics of ideal products.
 
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Course Venue


Media Site

We are again using the Purpose Built Multimedia Computer Training Facilities of Mediasite.

Address : 42 rue Legendre - 75017 Paris - FRANCE
Phone : +33.1.47.54.08.08 - Fax : +33.1.47.54.08.06
E-mail : info@mediasite.fr

With comfortable seating, built In projection and e-mail available from your own computer at breaktime and after the courses, this is a great improvement on Hotel venues.

We like this facility:

*** Powerful Computers

*** Internet Connection

*** Air Conditioning

*** U shape - good for discussion

MATISSE ROOM

Hotel Accommodation nearby

Mediasite have a web page devoted to hotels: http://www.mediasite.fr/hotels.htm

We are going to stay about 1 minute's walk away at
Hôtel Jardin de Villiers
18 rue Claude Pouillet
tél : 01 42 67 15 60
fax : 01 42 67 32 11
hoteljdv@wanadoo.fr

If you want 4* hotels there are two hotels nearby.

HÔTEL MERCURE * * **
165 rue de Rome - 75017 Paris
Tél : +33.1.56.79.29.29
Fax : +33.1.56.79.29.20

HÔTEL VILLA EUGENIE * * * *
167 rue de Rome - 75017 Paris
Tél : +33.1.44.29.06.06
Fax : +33.1.44.29.06.07


 

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Registration fees: 2200 euros  
Fees reduced by 25% for members of academia - space limited.
Includes three lunches and two dinners, course materials, attendees receive a free copy of XLSTAT, including the preference mapping module XLSTAT MX and free access to other software. The combined value of these two programs is 440 Euros. We will also provide you with access to your own individual computer for exercises.
Attendees may bring along their own PC laptops for the exercises and we will install a free copy of XLSTAT, XLSTAT MX and Design Express software on your computer. (We do not guarantee to load XLSTAT if you have an unusual software configuration.)
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Mailing address for registration and payment:
Dr H J H MacFie
43 Manor Road
Keynsham, Nr Bristol,
BS31 1RB, United Kingdom
Tel/Fax +44 1179 863 590

Electronic registration forms to hal@halmacfie.com


 
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