Scales for rating the taste of water

Abstract

CONSTRUCTED HEDONIC, QUALITY, ACTION TENDENCY, AND QUALITY-ACTION TENDENCY RATING SCALES, DESIGNED TO EVALUATE THE TASTE OF DOMESTIC WATER. NEAR LINEAR RELATIONS WERE FOUND BETWEEN EQUAL APPEARING AND SUCCESSIVE INTERVAL SCALE VALUES FOR THE ITEMS COMPRISING EACH SCALE. AVERAGE RELIABILITY COEFFICIENTS FOR SCALES RANGED FROM .62 TO .77. MEAN SCALE RATINGS OF SODIUM SOLUTIONS DIFFERED SIGNIFICANTLY BY ANION AND BY CONCENTRATION LEVEL ON EACH SCALE. IN CONSUMER SURVEY RESEARCH, THE QUALITY RATING SCALE WAS FOUND TO CORRELATE .83 WITH PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED ATTITUDE SCALES, AND TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AND LINEARLY RELATED TO AMOUNT OF COMMON MINERAL PRESENT IN A WATER SUPPLY. USE OF THE RATING SCALES TO DEVELOP LIMITING STANDARDS FOR MINERALS, AND FOR OTHER CONSTITUENTS COMMONLY FOUND IN DOMESTIC WATER, IS DISCUSSED. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)