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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

hedonic scales

Subject Category: X Research, Technology and Engineering
Definition: A scale used for measuring liking or disliking of food or other products by consumers.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/259810.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/259810
Used For: 9-point hedonic scale; degree-of-liking scale
Broader Term: rating scales
Related Term: consumer preferences; food choices; food grades; food quality
Spanish: escalas hedónicas
Term Number: 259810

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