BS ISO 4121:2003
Current
The latest, up-to-date edition.
Sensory analysis. Guidelines for the use of quantitative response scales
Hardcopy , PDF
English
26-11-2003
Important note : All end users must be registered with an Account prior to user licenses being assigned.
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General considerations
5 Response scales
5.1 General
5.2 Numerical and verbal response scales
5.3 Dynamic response scales
5.4 Pictorial response scales
6 Choice of response scale
6.1 General
6.2 Choice of unipolar or bipolar response scale
6.3 Choice of continuous or discrete response scale
6.4 Equality of the response scale intervals
6.5 Quality of the measurements obtained using response
scales
6.6 Statistical analysis
Annex A (informative) Application examples
Bibliography
Provides guidelines describing quantitative response scales (where the response obtained indicates the intensity of perception) and their use when assessing samples.
| Committee |
AW/12
|
| DocumentType |
Standard
|
| Pages |
16
|
| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
|
| Status |
Current
|
This International Standard provides guidelines describing quantitative response scales (where the response obtained indicates the intensity of perception) and their use when assessing samples.
It is applicable to all quantitative assessment, whether global or specific and whether objective or hedonic.
It is intentionally limited to the most commonly used measurement scales for sensory assessment.
It is necessary to distinguish between two common uses of the term “scale”: response scale (see 3.1), and measurement scale (see 3.5).
NOTE Annex A gives examples of an application.
| Standards | Relationship |
| ISO 4121:2003 | Identical |
| ISO 8586-1:1993 | Sensory analysis General guidance for the selection, training and monitoring of assessors Part 1: Selected assessors |
| ISO 13299:2016 | Sensory analysis Methodology General guidance for establishing a sensory profile |
| ISO 8587:2006 | Sensory analysis Methodology Ranking |
| ISO 6564:1985 | Sensory analysis Methodology Flavour profile methods |
| ISO 8586-2:2008 | Sensory analysis General guidance for the selection, training and monitoring of assessors Part 2: Expert sensory assessors |
| ISO 6658:2017 | Sensory analysis — Methodology — General guidance |
| ISO 8589:2007 | Sensory analysis — General guidance for the design of test rooms |
| ISO 5492:2008 | Sensory analysis — Vocabulary |
Access your standards online with a subscription
Features
-
Simple online access to standards, technical information and regulations.
-
Critical updates of standards and customisable alerts and notifications.
-
Multi-user online standards collection: secure, flexible and cost effective.