WINETASTER ON 02/07/00 WITH 8 JUDGES AND 6 WINES BASED ON RANKS, IDENT=N Copyright (c) 1995-2000 Richard E. Quandt


FLIGHT 1: Number of Judges = 8 Number of Wines = 6
Identification of the Wine: The judges' overall ranking:
Wine A is Ch. Troplong Mondot 1970 ........ 3rd place Wine B is Ch. Lafite Rothschild 1966 ........ 1st place Wine C is Ch. Brane Cantenac 1970 ........ 2nd place Wine D is Ch. Troplong Mondot 1966 tied for 4th place Wine E is Ch. Lafite Rothschild 1970 tied for 4th place Wine F is Ch. Brane Cantenac 1966 ........ 6th place
The Judges's Rankings
Judge Wine -> A B C D E F Burt 6. 4. 2. 5. 3. 1. Frank 1. 4. 5. 2. 6. 3. Bob 4. 1. 3. 6. 2. 5. Ed 3. 4. 2. 1. 5. 6. John 5. 6. 1. 3. 2. 4. Grant 1. 2. 4. 3. 6. 5. Orley 2. 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. Dick 4. 2. 5. 6. 1. 3.
Table of Votes Against Wine -> A B C D E F
Group Ranking -> 3 1 2 4 4 6 Votes Against -> 26 24 25 30 30 33
( 8 is the best possible, 48 is the worst)

Here is a measure of the correlation in the preferences of the judges which ranges between 1.0 (perfect correlation) and 0.0 (no correlation):
W = 0.0554

The probability that random chance could be responsible for this correlation is rather large, 0.8188. Most analysts would say that unless this probability is less than 0.1, the judges' preferences are not strongly related. We now analyze how each taster's preferences are correlated with the group preference. A correlation of 1.0 means that the taster's preferences are a perfect predictor of the group's preferences. A 0.0 means no correlation, while a -1.0 means that the taster has the reverse ranking of the group. This is measured by the correlation R.
Correlation Between the Ranks of Each Person With the Average Ranking of Others
Name of Person Correlation R Orley 0.7714 Bob 0.1471 Grant 0.0857 Ed -0.0580 Dick -0.3769 John -0.4857 Frank -0.5798 Burt -0.6667

The wines were preferred by the judges in the following order. When the preferences of the judges are strong enough to permit meaningful differentiation among the wines, they are separated by -------------------- and are judged to be significantly different.
1. ........ 1st place Wine B is Ch. Lafite Rothschild 1966 2. ........ 2nd place Wine C is Ch. Brane Cantenac 1970 3. ........ 3rd place Wine A is Ch. Troplong Mondot 1970 4. tied for 4th place Wine D is Ch. Troplong Mondot 1966 5. tied for 4th place Wine E is Ch. Lafite Rothschild 1970 6. ........ 6th place Wine F is Ch. Brane Cantenac 1966 We now test whether the ranksums AS A WHOLE provide a significant ordering. The Friedman Chi-square value is 2.2143. The probability that this could happen by chance is 0.8188 We now undertake a more detailed examination of the pair-wise rank correla- tions that exist between pairs of judges. First, we present a table in which you can find the correlation for any pair of judges, by finding one of the names in the left hand margin and the other name on top of a column. A second table arranges these correlations in descending order and marks which is significantly positive significantly negative, or not significant. This may allow you to find clusters of judges whose rankings were particularly similar or particularly dissimilar. Pairwise Rank Correlations Correlations must exceed in absolute value 0.89 for significance at the 0.05 level and must exceed 0.83 for significance at the 0.1 level Burt Frank Bob Burt 1.000 -0.600 0.086 Frank -0.600 1.000 -0.657 Bob 0.086 -0.657 1.000 Ed -0.543 0.314 -0.314 John 0.429 -0.543 -0.143 Grant -0.771 0.714 -0.029 Orley -0.600 0.200 0.486 Dick 0.257 -0.543 0.714 Ed John Grant Burt -0.543 0.429 -0.771 Frank 0.314 -0.543 0.714 Bob -0.314 -0.143 -0.029 Ed 1.000 0.257 0.486 John 0.257 1.000 -0.657 Grant 0.486 -0.657 1.000 Orley 0.429 -0.486 0.829 Dick -0.829 -0.257 -0.371 Orley Dick Burt -0.600 0.257 Frank 0.200 -0.543 Bob 0.486 0.714 Ed 0.429 -0.829 John -0.486 -0.257 Grant 0.829 -0.371 Orley 1.000 -0.086 Dick -0.086 1.000 Pairwise correlations in descending order 0.829 Grant and Orley Not significant 0.714 Bob and Dick Not significant 0.714 Frank and Grant Not significant 0.486 Bob and Orley Not significant 0.486 Ed and Grant Not significant 0.429 Ed and Orley Not significant 0.429 Burt and John Not significant 0.314 Frank and Ed Not significant 0.257 Burt and Dick Not significant 0.257 Ed and John Not significant 0.200 Frank and Orley Not significant 0.086 Burt and Bob Not significant -0.029 Bob and Grant Not significant -0.086 Orley and Dick Not significant -0.143 Bob and John Not significant -0.257 John and Dick Not significant -0.314 Bob and Ed Not significant -0.371 Grant and Dick Not significant -0.486 John and Orley Not significant -0.543 Burt and Ed Not significant -0.543 Frank and Dick Not significant -0.543 Frank and John Not significant -0.600 Burt and Frank Not significant -0.600 Burt and Orley Not significant -0.657 John and Grant Not significant -0.657 Frank and Bob Not significant -0.771 Burt and Grant Not significant -0.829 Ed and Dick Not significant




COMMENT: The wines were lively and delicious; none of them is over the hill. The Brane Cantenac 1970, first tasted in our group in 1989, was even better today--despite its description by Robert Parker as 65 points, and having a barnyard odor--and it had done well ten years ago. One person said, "Apparently, Parker's ratings do not extend too far in the future." To show how dispersed preferences were, it should be noted that every wine was rated best by at least one person, and every wine but one was rated last by at least one person. Conclusion: Many of us arrived at the tasting thinking that the wines were probably going to be too old (one person said, "I want to go home" when told what we were going to taste). In fact, the wines were delicious today, very, very soft and quite delicious.
WINETASTER ON 02/07/00 WITH  8 JUDGES AND  2 WINES BASED ON RANKS,  IDENT=Y   
                       Copyright (c) 1995-2000 Richard E. Quandt                  
                                                                                



FLIGHT 2: Number of Judges = 8 Number of Wines = 2
Identification of the Wine: The judges' overall ranking:
Wine A is Ch. Ducru Beaucaillou 1979 tied for 1st place Wine B is Ch. Ducru Beaucaillou 1970 tied for 1st place
The Judges's Rankings
Judge Wine -> A B Burt 2. 1. Frank 2. 1. Bob 2. 1. Ed 1. 2. John 1. 2. Grant 1. 2. Orley 1. 2. Dick 2. 1.
Table of Votes Against Wine -> A B
Group Ranking -> 1 1 Votes Against -> 12 12
( 8 is the best possible, 16 is the worst)

Here is a measure of the correlation in the preferences of the judges which ranges between 1.0 (perfect correlation) and 0.0 (no correlation):
W = 0.0000

The probability that random chance could be responsible for this correlation is rather large, 1.0000. Most analysts would say that unless this probability is less than 0.1, the judges' preferences are not strongly related. We now analyze how each taster's preferences are correlated with the group preference. A correlation of 1.0 means that the taster's preferences are a perfect predictor of the group's preferences. A 0.0 means no correlation, while a -1.0 means that the taster has the reverse ranking of the group. This is measured by the correlation R.
The correlation I measures the degree to which the identification of each judge is correlated with the truth. Here a 1.0 means that the judge identified the wines perfectly, and a 0 means that he identified none of them.
Correlation Between the Ranks of Each Person With the Average Ranking of Others
Name of Person Correlation R Correlation I Burt -1.0000 1.0000 Frank -1.0000 1.0000 Bob -1.0000 1.0000 Ed -1.0000 0.0000 John -1.0000 0.0000 Grant -1.0000 0.0000 Orley -1.0000 0.0000 Dick -1.0000 1.0000

Next, we show the correlation among the wine identifications of the judges, which also ranges between 1.0 and 0.0:
C = 0.0000

The probability that random chance could be responsible for this correlation is quite small: < 5 %. Most people would say that unless this probability is less than 0.1, the judges' identifications are not highly related.


The wines were preferred by the judges in the following order. When the preferences of the judges are strong enough to permit meaningful differentiation among the wines, they are separated by -------------------- and are judged to be significantly different.
1. tied for 1st place Wine A is Ch. Ducru Beaucaillou 1979 2. tied for 1st place Wine B is Ch. Ducru Beaucaillou 1970 We now test whether the ranksums AS A WHOLE provide a significant ordering. The Friedman Chi-square value is 0.0000. The probability that this could happen by chance is 1.0000 We now undertake a more detailed examination of the pair-wise rank correla- tions that exist between pairs of judges. First, we present a table in which you can find the correlation for any pair of judges, by finding one of the names in the left hand margin and the other name on top of a column. A second table arranges these correlations in descending order and marks which is significantly positive significantly negative, or not significant. This may allow you to find clusters of judges whose rankings were particularly similar or particularly dissimilar. Pairwise Rank Correlations Correlations must exceed in absolute value 1.00 for significance at the 0.05 level and must exceed 1.00 for significance at the 0.1 level Burt Frank Bob Burt 1.000 1.000 1.000 Frank 1.000 1.000 1.000 Bob 1.000 1.000 1.000 Ed -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 John -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 Grant -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 Orley -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 Dick 1.000 1.000 1.000 Ed John Grant Burt -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 Frank -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 Bob -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 Ed 1.000 1.000 1.000 John 1.000 1.000 1.000 Grant 1.000 1.000 1.000 Orley 1.000 1.000 1.000 Dick -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 Orley Dick Burt -1.000 1.000 Frank -1.000 1.000 Bob -1.000 1.000 Ed 1.000 -1.000 John 1.000 -1.000 Grant 1.000 -1.000 Orley 1.000 -1.000 Dick -1.000 1.000 Pairwise correlations in descending order 1.000 Burt and Frank Significantly positive 1.000 Burt and Bob Significantly positive 1.000 John and Orley Significantly positive 1.000 Bob and Dick Significantly positive 1.000 Ed and John Significantly positive 1.000 Ed and Grant Significantly positive 1.000 Burt and Dick Significantly positive 1.000 Frank and Bob Significantly positive 1.000 John and Grant Significantly positive 1.000 Frank and Dick Significantly positive 1.000 Ed and Orley Significantly positive 1.000 Grant and Orley Significantly positive -1.000 Burt and Ed Significantly negative -1.000 Frank and Grant Significantly negative -1.000 Bob and John Significantly negative -1.000 Bob and Grant Significantly negative -1.000 Bob and Orley Significantly negative -1.000 Burt and John Significantly negative -1.000 Burt and Grant Significantly negative -1.000 Burt and Orley Significantly negative -1.000 Bob and Ed Significantly negative -1.000 Ed and Dick Significantly negative -1.000 Frank and Ed Significantly negative -1.000 Frank and John Significantly negative -1.000 John and Dick Significantly negative -1.000 Frank and Orley Significantly negative -1.000 Grant and Dick Significantly negative -1.000 Orley and Dick Significantly negative


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