Researcher qualification: correlations do not establish instrument–human equivalence or prediction for new whiskies. Keep that limitation separate from the authors' stronger conclusion.
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The authors conclude that HS-SPME–GC-MS can approximate human olfaction and that volatile–sensory associations show promise for prediction. This is their interpretation of the reported dataset.
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Evidence
The authors conclude that HS-SPME–GC-MS can approximate human olfaction and that volatile–sensory associations show promise for prediction. This is their interpretation of the reported dataset.
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Interpretation and caution
Researcher qualification: instrument–panel associations support triangulation but do not establish equivalence to human olfaction or validated prediction for new whiskies. The former wording incorrectly attributed this qualification directly to the authors.
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Paraphrase checked against local PDF sheet 10 on 2026-09-05; not presented as a verbatim quotation.