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This article contains a detailed summary of the experiments carried out by LCA Coates Lorilleux aimed at evaluating the sensorial perception thresholds of ethyl acetate (and other solvents) used in rotogravure printing of flexible packaging for food. The methodological approach applied in the present study can be deemed a valid tool of study for the organoleptic behaviour of solvents and/or volatile compounds other than ethyl acetate that may be present inflexible materials. 8 refs. 

Prior to cluster analysis, these re-scaled travel experience variables were initially evaluated to determine which ones were relevant in differentiating travel experience levels. Using self-perception of travel experience level as the independent variable, the other 7 travel experience variables were subject to Kruskal-Wallis analysis. This procedure attempted to establish a face validity for using the specified variables to describe travel experience by relating them to the respondents own perception of their travel experience. Kruskal-Wallis analysis, which is the non-parametric equivalent of one-way ANOVA, tests whether several independent samples are from the same population (SPSS Inc., 1999). This test was selected as the correct procedure since heavily skewed data were involved and the Kruskal-Wallis is suitable for this situation (Diekhoff, 1992). The results are presented in Table 3.7. 

The study of HRQOL requires a multidimensional approach. Assessments must include components that evaluate, at a minimum, the health concepts of physical functioning, social and role functioning, mental health, and perception of general health. In addition, the full continuum of these concepts must be included, from the most limited to the healthiest. Approaches to capture HRQOL data include the self-administered questionnaire, personal interview, telephone interview, observation, and postal survey. The assessment instruments must possess acceptable reliability, validity, and sensitivity, and the investigators and the participants must accept them. Psychometrics... 

Thepatient s perception of the severity of BPH symptoms guides development of a therapeutic plan. To evaluate perceptions objectively, validated instruments, such as the American Urological Association (AUA) Symptom Index, are commonly used. Using the AUA index, the patient rates the bothersomeness of seven obstructive and irritative voiding symptoms. Each item is rated for severity on a scale of 1 to 5 such that 35 is the maximum score and is consistent with the most severe symptoms. 

To validate in practice the ability of a panel to describe the temporality of dominant perceptions during a TDS evaluation and to use several kinds of sensory attribute (e.g. taste and flavour) in the same evaluation, Pessina et al. (2005) manipulated a white wine to produce different expected dominance sequences, as presented in Table 13.4. 

As a final test sequence, to evaluate all performance aspects of a military uniform for a cold environment, subject wearing trials are conducted in a climatic chamber that simulates realistic temperatures and physical activity/metaboUc rates. The subject is equipped with numerous temperature and humidity sensors on the skin that judge his or her subjective thermal and moisture sensation as weU as the resulting overall comfort in distinct time periods and varying conditions. The subjective perceptions of the wearer and the measured temperature and moisture data are compared and subsequently correlated with the data from the Skin Model and thermal manikin. This fully validates the wear trials. 

Luoma, J. (1991b). Evaluation of validity of two research methods for studying perception of road signs. University of Michigan Transportation research Center Report No. UMTRI-9 1-15. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, ML... 

Attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs were presmned to influence whether the intervention is accepted and has potential for long-term success. We all agreed, though, that survey techniques to estimate these subjective person states are relatively difficult to develop and evaluate. Issues of questionnaire reliability and validity need to be addressed as I discuss later in this chapter. 

Predictive validity is much more difficult to assess. It refers to the ability of an evaluation tool to predict future behavior. In our example, testing predictive validity requires tirat the scale results (how much someone weighs) be compared with a future outcome that the scale is purported to predict, such as a person s quickness, general health, or diet. Determining if tire results of a perception survey predict the degree of employee involvement in a safety-improvement effort is another example of testing for predictive validity. 

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