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CSA Certified Sensory Analyst VIP Practice Exam

CSA — The Certified Sensory Analyst (CSA) credential is administered by the Society of Sensory Professionals (SSP); the exam covers sensory physiology, psychophysics, discriminative and descriptive test methods, affective/consumer research, experimental design, statistical analysis, and panel management, and is designed for working sensory science professionals.

31
Questions
120m
Time Limit
75.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 31👑 VIP

A sensory scientist is designing a study to determine the lowest concentration of a bitter compound that a trained panelist can reliably detect. After running a staircase procedure with a 3-AFC paradigm, she obtains a threshold estimate. Which measure of sensory threshold does this procedure most directly estimate?

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