. 2016 Jul 20;7:1059. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01059

Table 3.

Distribution of responses on a hedonic scale of 1–5 (bad to good), with resulting statistical indices for the six injera blends testing for taste, texture, appearance, and general acceptance.

	Assigned	Frequency of responses
	value	E. tef			E. curvula
Injera varieties		A1	A2	A3	B1	B2	B3
pH		3.8	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.8
FOR TASTE
Dislike very much	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dislike moderately	2	0	0	1	1	2	2
Neither like nor dislike	3	1	1	2	2	1	1
Like moderately	4	6	2	4	2	6	4
Like very much	5	3	7	3	5	1	3
Total responses		10	10	10	10	10	10
Mean rating		4.2^b	4.6^a	3.9^cd	4.1^bc	3.6^e	3.8^de
SE		1.14	1.30	0.71	0.84	1.05	0.71
% “Like” responses		90	90	70	70	70	70
FOR TEXTURE
Dislike very much	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dislike moderately	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Neither like nor dislike	3	1	0	1	1	0	3
Like moderately	4	4	1	6	4	8	5
Like very much	5	5	9	3	5	1	2
Total responses		10	10	10	10	10	10
Mean rating		4.4^b	4.9^a	4.2^b	4.4^b	3.9^c	3.9^c
SE
% “Like” responses		90	100	90	90	90	70
FOR APPEARANCE AND COLOR
Dislike very much	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dislike moderately	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Neither like nor dislike	3	0	0	0	0	3	2
Like moderately	4	6	1	4	2	5	3
Like very much	5	4	9	6	8	1	5
Total responses		10	10	10	10	10	10
Mean rating		4.4^bc	5.0^a	4.8^ab	4.8^ab	3.8^d	4.1^cd
SE
% “Like” responses		100	100	100	100	60	80
FOR GENERAL ACCEPTANCE
Dislike very much	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dislike moderately	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neither like nor dislike	3	0	0	0	0	2	0
Like moderately	4	5	0	2	2	6	4
Like very much	5	5	10	8	8	2	6
Total responses		10	10	10	10	10	10
Mean rating		4.5^b	5.0^a	4.8^ab	4.8^ab	4.0^c	4.6^ab
SE
% “Like” responses		100	100	100	100	80	100

The injera were; tef (A1 = 0%, A2 = 5%, and A3 = 10% sorghum flour added) and Eragrostis curvula (B1 = 0%, B2 = 5%, and B3 = 10% sorghum flour added).

^a–e

Mean rating values in the same row with shared letter(s) are not statistically different according to Duncan's multiple range test at 5% level of significance.