Rank order scaling in taste evaluation.
A scoring system developed for comparing taste in two groups of individuals, patients with multiple sclerosis and a normal control group is described. The scoring system was extended to evaluate taste in renal patients paired by age and sex with controls. The results of the two comparisons are given. The scoring system can be used very flexibly in statistical comparison among groups and generated easily using a FORTRAN computer program. The use of this scoring system is compared with an alternative method which uses psychophysical functions.
D000328:Adult; D002965:Classification / Q000379:methods; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012984:Software; D013649:Taste