Research Article

Concomitant Use of Fourier Transform Infrared Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectroscopy and Chemometrics for Quantification of Multiple Adulterants in Roasted and Ground Coffee

Table 3

Performance results of PLS models based on different data ranges.

Wavenumber range (cm−1)LVRMSEC (%)RMSEP (%)

4000–700 (full spectra)81.440.992.420.99
1735–70071.740.992.770.98
1134–70052.800.983.900.97

LV: latent variables; : calibration correlation coefficient; : validation correlation coefficient.