A Statistical Analysis of Subjective and Objective Methods of Evaluating Fabric Handle
Part 3: Men's Summer Suiting Fabrics
1988 Volume 34 Issue 3 Pages 79-82
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1988 Volume 34 Issue 3 Pages 79-82
A Factor Analysis is presented of assessments of the handle of a range of 156 men's summer fabrics by a panel of 56 judges drawn from the textile and clothing industries of Japan, Australia, New Zealand, India, the United States and China and a panel of eight Australian consumer judges with no experience in these industries. The analysis has been extended to include KES-F data on the mechanical and physical properties of these fabrics. Expert judges of men's summer fabrics may be classified into two groups, according to their pattern of fabric handle assessment. One group constitutes the Japanese and some Chinese judges, and the other group is associated with “Western” judges. The difference between these two patterns of fabric handle assessment has been related to the mechanical properties of the fabrics.
