[Determining the quality of rater judgements using intraclass correlation, and enhancing rater judgements].
In clinical practice ratings by physicians and therapists are among the most frequently used assessment procedures. It is shown, which statistical measures should be used to assess the reliability of such ratings. Additionally, potential causes of insufficient reliability are presented. Improvement of rating quality may be achieved by rater training, which is based on an analysis of rating errors.
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Methodenzentrum des Rehabilitationswissenschaftlichen Forschungsverbundes Freiburg/Bad Säckingen, Freiburg. wirtz@psychologie.uni-freiburg.de
D000465:Algorithms; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000145:classification*; D015588:Observer Variation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013223:Statistics as Topic