Subjective Testing Experiment using the Semantic Differentials Paradigm for Sound Quality Assessment of Power Seat Mechanism Noise 2005-01-2475
This paper describes the development of a semantic differential test paradigm for evaluating product sound quality by a population of human subjects. The design of this specific experiment was also structured to test for a variety of expected common experimental errors. An investigation on the dependence of presentation order was executed by implementing both a fully balanced and a partially balanced design, and differences in subject populations were tested by independently testing two geographically separate populations. In order to conduct this testing, a general semantic-differentials graphical user interface (GUI) was written in MATLAB to present the specific stimuli to each subject in a unique specific sequence and extract a variety of semantic differential ratings for later statistical analyses. A discussion of the advantages and disadvantages for Semantic Differentials approach is presented as well as a discussion of the confidence in the resulting subject dataset.
Citation: Laux, P., Kleiss, J., and Huff, J., "Subjective Testing Experiment using the Semantic Differentials Paradigm for Sound Quality Assessment of Power Seat Mechanism Noise," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-2475, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-2475. Download Citation
Author(s):
Peter C. Laux, James A. Kleiss, John E. Huff
Affiliated:
Johnson Controls Interiors, LLC
Pages: 9
Event:
SAE 2005 Noise and Vibration Conference and Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Sound quality
CAD, CAM, and CAE
Noise
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