Abstract
A set of criteria based upon biostatistical considerations for determining the interrater reliability of specific adaptive behavior items in a given setting was presented. The advantages and limitations of extant statistical assessment procedures were discussed. Also, a set of guidelines for differentiating type of adaptive behavior that are statistically reliable from those that are reliable in a clinical or practical sense was delineated. Data sets were presented throughout in order to illustrate the advantages of recommended statistical procedures over other available ones.
Keywords
Inter-rater reliabilityExtant taxonPsychologyReliability (semiconductor)Set (abstract data type)Adaptive behaviorReliability engineeringCognitive psychologyComputer scienceSocial psychologyDevelopmental psychologyRating scale
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Publication Info
- Year
- 1981
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 86
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 127-37
- Citations
- 2278
- Access
- Closed
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Domenic V. Cicchetti,
Sara A. Sparrow
(1981).
Developing criteria for establishing interrater reliability of specific items: applications to assessment of adaptive behavior..
PubMed
, 86
(2)
, 127-37.