The MAM-CAP table: A new tool for monitoring panel performances

Assessor performances in sensory analysis are usually represented by three indicators: repeatability, discrimination and agreement. However, assessors can also differ on the range of their scores, the so-called "scaling effect". Brockhoff, Schlich, and Skovgaard (2013) proposed the mixed assessor model (MAM) which, as the original assessor model (Brockhoff & Skovgaard, 1994), takes this effect into account, but also allows for the product effect to be tested against a new interaction free of the scaling effect. The present paper proposes a unified system for monitoring assessor and panel performances based on the MAM. In addition to the product effect (tested at panel and individual levels), scaling and repeatability panel heterogeneities are tested and, when significant, assessors who were responsible for this heterogeneity are identified. Further, the pure disagreement is decomposed over assessors allowing for the individuals significantly responsible for it to be highlighted. Those numerous statistics are summarized into a few diagnostics presented in a synthetic single table called the MAM CAP table.

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Source ISSN: 0950-3293
Author Peltier, Caroline, Brockhoff, P.B., Visalli, Michel, Schlich, Pascal
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 7, 2026, 04:28 (UTC)
Created May 7, 2026, 04:28 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00939544
Language en
contributor Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation [Dijon] (CSGA) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Peltier, Caroline
date 2014-05-07T00:00:00
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harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
metadata_modified 2025-08-12T00:00:00
relation info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.foodqual.2013.07.004
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