Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekchips.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!tekcrl!tekchips!jonu From: jonu@tekchips.UUCP (Jon Udell) Newsgroups: net.misc.coke Subject: Re: Taste Test Message-ID: <55@tekchips.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 14:49:59 EDT Article-I.D.: tekchips.55 Posted: Mon Aug 5 14:49:59 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 00:32:34 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 45 In article <490@t12tst.UUCP> chris@t12tst.UUCP (Christopher Paull) writes: > > When Pepsi first announced their "Pepsi challange", some friends and > I did accept. Our results were just the opposite as theirs. 3/2 > people prefered coke to pepsi. Makes you wonder where Pepsi gets their > numbers from??? How many people took your test? In order to broadcast their taste test commercials, I'm sure that Pepsi had to use a very large sample of the population - adding your results to the test would have only a negligible effect on the results. You can also trust Pepsi's numbers - you can bet that Coke made every effort to verify them. The question is not whether or not more people preferred Pepsi than Coke, but whether such a test is valid. In such tests, people tend to prefer the sweeter drink (Pepsi), while in the long run, this may not be the case. In my opinion, Coke made a major error by claiming that Sprite tastes better than 7-Up - effectively acknowledging that the taste test is valid. Perhaps this was done with the introduction of the new, sweeter Coke in mind. (This still doesn't explain Bill Cosby's adds stating that he likes Coke because it wasn't as sweet as Pepsi.) Anyway, Coke is now eating their words in more ways than one. (And now Bill likes the sweeter taste better!) Jon Udell PS Has anyone tried LIKE, from 7-Up? It's the caffeine-free cola that started the trend. I've never had any trouble getting it before (having lived in Madison, WI - one of its test markets), but I haven't seen it yet here in Oregon. -- --- Jon Udell jonu@tekchips until mid-September -------------------------------------- udell@shasta t.tedium@lotsb