Fuzzy Nonbalanced Hedonic Scale (F-NBHS): A New Method for Treatments of Food Preference Data Collected with Hedonic Scales of Points

Table 2

Determination of the starting and ending points of each category based on a 9-point fuzzy nonbalanced scale.

Number of points in the scale (t)	n	Scale area	Starting point of category	Ending point of category
9	−4	Lower extreme	Minimum possible value	Center of neighboring category
	−3	Intermediate	Minimum possible value	Center of 2nd neighboring category
	−2	Intermediate	Minimum possible value	Central value
	−1	Intermediate	Center of 2nd neighboring category	Central value
	0	Central	Center of neighboring category	Neighboring category center
	1	Intermediate	Central value	Center of 2nd neighboring category
	2	Intermediate	Central value	Maximum possible value
	3	Intermediate	Center of 2nd neighboring category	Maximum possible value
	4	Upper extreme	Center of neighboring category	Maximum possible value