A measure of reliability using qualitative data

Meni Koslowsky, Howard Bailit

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Abstract

In many research activities, the data is unordered or qualitative. In such circumstances, inter-rater reliability is usually measured by calculating a percentage of agreement score between judges. The present paper expands on an equation first introduced by Goodman and Kruskal for obtaining a reliability measure of one item. This formula determines inter-rater reliability for a series of items across many subjects. The statistic that results is easily interpreted and in many ways is analogous to the conventional reliability for quantitative data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)843-846
Number of pages4
JournalEducational and Psychological Measurement
Volume35
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1975
Externally publishedYes

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