The importance of extrinsic and intrinsic attributes of wine for purchase decisions is the
object of a lively debate. As a matter of fact, in recent decades, the shift of consumption …

In the food industry, sensory analysis can be useful to direct marketing decisions concerning
not only products, for example product positioning with respect to competitors, but also …

This paper discusses a general framework for the analysis of rating and preference data that
is rooted on a class of mixtures of discrete random variables. These models have been …

This chapter is devoted to a new class of statistical models, called CUB models, introduced
for the purpose of interpreting and fitting ordinal responses. After a brief discussion of …

In rating surveys, people are requested to evaluate objects, items, services, and so on, by
choosing among a list of ordered categories. In some circumstances, it may happen that a …

Purpose–Packaging features have been shown to be of great importance for the consumer
final choice of fresh products (Silayoi and Speece, 2007). Packaging is an extrinsic attribute …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and assess the factors that consumers
evaluate significant in the assessment of food authenticity and guide them to make safe food …

In this article we discuss the identifiability of a probability model which has been proven
useful for capturing the main features of ordinal data generated by rating surveys …

In this paper we present two statistical approaches for discussing and modelling job
satisfaction based on data collected in the S urvey on H ousehold I ncome and W ealth …

Over the last years palm oil has become a controversial product, due to its alleged harmful
environmental and health effects. As a consequence, many food companies have taken …