R/ham-data.R

In MBAnalysis: Multiblock Exploratory and Predictive Data Analysis

#' Ham data
#'
#' @description Case study pertaining to the sensory evaluation of eight American dry-cured ham products, performed by a panel of trained assessors.
#'
#' @usage data(ham)
#'
#' @format An object of class \code{"list"} with 8 products,  3 blocks of X variables (Flavor, Aroma, Texture) and 1 block of Y variables corresponding to hedonic measures:
#' \describe{
#' \item{X}{dataframe of 8 products and 25 variables structured into 3 blocks: Flavor (11 variables), Aroma (8 variables) and Texture (6 variables)}
#' \item{Y}{dataframe of 8 products and 6 vectors of hedonic values corresponding to consumers' segmentation}
#' \item{block}{vector indicating the number of variables per block}
#' }
#' @references M.D. Guardia, A.P. Aguiar, A. Claret, J. Arnau & L. Guerrero (2010). Sensory characterization of dry-cured ham using free-choice profiling. Food Quality and Preference, 21(1), 148-155.
#' \doi{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2009.08.014}
#'
#' @examples
#' data(ham)
#' ham$X
#' ham$Y
#' ham$block
"ham"