2. How do you conduct an experimental study of perceptions?

The study you are about to carry out includes the following steps:

• Creation of a product space, made up of products of varying performance and attributes. This set of proposals, or designs, real or virtual (using a digital mock-up) will serve as the basis for evaluation. The products must be sufficiently different to stimulate a wide sensory range in the user, yet sufficiently similar to remain within the same sensory domain.

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  Perceptual measurement of the product space. This stage involves characterizing the interaction between a subject and the products in the produced space, using evaluation tests. The subject...