AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Inter-observer reliability is the consistency between two researchers watching the same event.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Interrater reliability Inter-rater reliability (also called inter-observer reliability) measures the degree of agreement between different people observing or assessing the same thing. You use it when data is collected by researchers assigning ratings, scores or categories to one or more variables.

Detailed explanation-2: -Inter-Rater or Inter-Observer Reliability: Used to assess the degree to which different raters/observers give consistent estimates of the same phenomenon. Test-Retest Reliability: Used to assess the consistency of a measure from one time to another.

Detailed explanation-3: -Inter-rater reliability is the extent to which different observers are consistent in their judgments. For example, if you were interested in measuring university students’ social skills, you could make video recordings of them as they interacted with another student whom they are meeting for the first time.

Detailed explanation-4: -Inter-rater reliability, also called inter-observer reliability, is a measure of consistency between two or more independent raters (observers) of the same construct.

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