Main Question Types
Question Type: Photo Upload
Overview Use a Photo upload question to enable panelists to upload images of their choice from their local computer or network, or depending on the device used, even take photos to directly upload them without browsing anywhere. Example benefit of ...
Question Type: Numeric
Overview In a Numeric question, panelists are asked to enter their responses as a number using the keyboard. The numbers can be formatted as a Date, Time, Date & Time, Currency, Percentage, Number, or General. The number of decimal places you set for ...
Question Type: Flash Profiling
Overview The Flash profiling testing is a sensory testing method that helps us understand the sensory positioning of products. It allows both trained and untrained panelists to evaluate a group of samples simultaneously and create their own ...
Question Type: Constant Sum
Overview In a Constant sum question, panelists are presented with a group of choices and asked to assign number values that when added together will not exceed a preset total. Question Compatibility The Constant sum questions are compatible with the ...
Question Type: Line Scale Wheel
Overview The Line scale wheel is an interactive tool that can be used for flavour or aroma testing (e.g. in beverages) with trained panelists and panelists in training. The attributes are arranged in a circular form (the wheel) and panelists are ...
Question Type: Same/different
Overview Same/different test is a discrimination test type where panelists are given two samples and are asked to indicate whether the samples are the same or different. Unlike most other question types, the Same/different question is not available ...
Question Type: Line Scale
Overview In the Line Scale question, panelists are presented with a horizontal or vertical line, and are asked to click a point on the line that represents their perception of the intensity of a sample attribute or characteristic. For training ...
Question Type: CATA Wheel
Overview The Check All That Apply (CATA) Wheel is an interactive tool that can be used for flavour or aroma testing (e.g. in beverages) with trained panelists and panelists in training. The attributes are arranged in a circular form (the wheel) and ...
Question Type: Category Wheel
Overview The Category Wheel is an interactive tool that can be used for flavour or aroma testing (e.g. in beverages) with trained panelists and panelists in training. The attributes are arranged in a circular form (the wheel) and panelists are asked ...
Question Type: Preference
Overview In a Preference question, panelists are presented with two samples and asked to indicate the sample they prefer. It is possible to provide the "No preference" option to the panelists. The "No preference" data can be either discarded, or ...
Question Type: Labeled Magnitude Scale
Overview In the Labeled Magnitude Scale (LMS) question, panelists click a point on a vertical line scale that represents their perception of the intensity of a sample attribute or characteristic within the context of the strongest sensation they can ...
Question Type: Comment
Overview Comment questions are used to gather panelist comments, observations or demographic information, such as their name. You can specify the size of the comment box (number of characters across/down), and set the maximum number of characters the ...
Question Type: Choose
Overview In a Choose question, panelists are presented with a group of choices or concepts and asked to pick one choice, all choices that apply, or a specific number of choices. There are three types of Choose questions available in Compusense: ...
Question Type: Rank
Overview In a Rank question, panelists are presented with a group of samples or concepts/choices and asked to rank the choices in order of preference or perceived intensity. There are four types of Rank questions available: Rank all concepts: A ...
Question Type: Category
Overview Category questions present a quantitative scale with defined values and descriptions to allow panelists to make a selection based on their perception of a sample or concept. In Compusense we have made it easier for you to add a Category ...
Question Type: Triangle
Overview In Triangle questions panelists are presented with a total of 3 samples, two of one product and one of another. They are then asked to taste the samples in front of them from left to right. After they have tasted all three samples they are ...
Question Type: Tetrad
Overview Tetrad test is a discrimination test type that helps you determine if there is a difference between two products by asking panelists to group 4 samples into 2 groups of 2. Unlike most other question types, the Tetrad question is not ...
Question Type: Sort
Overview In a Sort question, Panelists are presented with a group of samples or concepts and asked to organize them into bins. There are three types of Sort questions available: Free sort: The Free Sort question allows panelists to sort products into ...