From June 10th to 14th, UPWr hosted an insightful workshop led by Carolina Chaya.

From June 10th to 14th, UPWr hosted an insightful workshop led by Carolina Chaya, Ph.D., a full professor at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid with a wealth of experience in Applied Statistics and Sensometrics. Key topics included:
1. The influence of data nature and test aims on selecting suitable statistical methods.
2. ANOVA and Multiple Range test for quantitative data analysis, with a focus on 2-way ANOVA for trained panel assessments.
3. Multivariate analysis such as Correlation test and Principal Component Analysis.
4. Application of statistical methods like Cluster Analyses or CATA responses on consumer data sets.

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Carolina Chaya, Ph.D.Full professor at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid who has also been Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Statistics and Business Management at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid during 2018-2022. She delivers University courses on Applied Statistics and Sensometrics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels since 2003. Carolina is founder and very active member of both the European Sensory Science Society (E3S) and the Spanish Professional Association of Sensory Scientists (AEPAS). She is the leader of a panel of thirty expert sensory assessors at UPM since 2008 and delivers technical assessment to industries and private companies about Sensory and Consumer testing. Carolina collaborates with different multidisciplinary research groups, with a major contribution on Statistical Analysis. Her recent research is related to the impact of individual differences on consumers’ response and more specifically on consumers’ emotions elicited by foods and beverages.

Pictures: Tomasz Lewandowski