 What was the difference between the first and second test?
The point of the second test was not to find the difference between cheap and expensive beers but instead to compare a variety of top-of-the-line beers. The other aspect of anticipated reward was the panelists' unspoken but obvious assumption that this time they would "do better" on the test. Here is what happened and what it meant: 1. Procedure. This was similar in most ways to the experimental approach of Round 1. The nine testers who showed up were a subset of the original 12. As before, each tester found before him on a table 10 red plastic cups, labeled A through J. The A-to-J labeling scheme was the same for all testers. Best and Worst , one of each from the group.
 Beer type and expense
 Beer type and expense  Beer type only  The types of beer in both stages of the test were the same, but the presentation method differed significantly  Expense only