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

Table 5

Correspondence between the central value of each category and the linguistic variables presented to the participants.

Index of the label at the center point (n)	Label of central point category	Linguistic variable of the category	Abbreviation of linguistic variable
−4		Dislike extremely	DE
−3		Dislike very much	DV
−2		Dislike moderately	DM
−1		Dislike slightly	DS
0		Neither like nor dislike	NLND
1		Like slightly	LS
2		Like moderately	LM
3		Like very much	LV
4		Like extremely	LE