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title: "Data Analysis in R for Sensory and Consumer Science"
author: "Morten Arendt Rasmussen, Julius Jessen Terp, Mads Rønnow Staffe, Helene C. Reinbach, Qian Janice Wang and Bodil H. Allesen-Holm"
date: "September 2024"
site: bookdown::bookdown_site
---


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# Introduction to the book {-}

This material is to cover data analysis using R for consumer science targeting the following courses: 

* Meal Systems and Technologies
* Food and Meal Consumer Research 
* Thematic Course in Food Innovation and Health

But others may benefit from the material as well....

The initial chapters of the book introduce R and the background for the different statistical methods used in the book. The following parts of the book is divided according to the course hence the data types encountered in the above mentioned courses, 

The format of the book is simple - first read the written text and when you reach a code, copy the code and try it out yourself.