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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Inter-rater agreement"”.
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Assessing Inter-rater Agreement for Compositional Data
… between the vector’s elements are of primary interest. In this dissertation we propose novel methodology for assessing inter-rate agreement based on compositional data. This is needed because existing agreement measures either involve converting the vector to a univariate value, thereby losing …
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THE RACIAL SOCIALIZATION OF BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES REGARDING SKIN TONE IN A COHORT OF OLDER AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
… from three mid-sized, Midwestern cities were interviewed utilizing an adapted classical phenomenology interview approach (Siedman, 2006). This researcher, two-hour semi-structured interviews, and 30-60 minute formal member checks were the primary research tools implemented to obtain rich data …
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An online system for entering and annotating non-native Mandarin Chinese speech for language teaching
… Chinese utterances and observe fair to moderate inter-rater agreement scores. In addition to giving us a benchmark for inter-rater agreement, this also demonstrates the feasibility of having remote graders annotate sets of utterances. Finally, we extend our work to Chinese language instruction by …
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Interdisciplinary Comparative Evaluation of Pediatric Oral Airway Assessment Using Mallampati and Brodsky
Purpose: To evaluate agreement in pediatric airway assessments using Brodsky classification and Mallampati scales among pediatric dental residents, dental faculty, and anesthesiologists. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 10 first-year and 12 second-year pediatric dental residents, 15 …
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The identification and function of English prosodic features
… features using prosodic annotation. We compared inter-rater agreement for two current prosodic annotation schemes, ToBI (Silverman, et al., 1992) and RaP (Dilley & Brown, 2005) which provide guidelines for the identification of English prosodic features. The studies described here survey …
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Preliminary Validation of a Native American Food Safety Knowledge Survey
… using item difficulty, item discrimination, and internal consistency. Key informant interviews were conducted with six participants who fit the inclusionary criteria. Key informant interviews were used to assess the cultural appropriateness of the survey as it pertains to level of difficulty, …
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Affective computing and crowdsourcing : subjective labels and sequential effects
… is more complicated due to different interpretations of a stimulus (i.e. emotion). These interpretations could be influenced by many factors such as annotator mood, previously observed examples, and previously produced labels. This thesis investigates subjectivity and sequential …
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Utility of EEG in the diagnosis of Efavirenz neurotoxity in HIV positive patients at a South African tertiary hospital
… to two qualified and experienced blinded sEEG interpreters instructed to record if a sEEG was typical for waveform features of EFV neurotoxicity or not, following a demonstration using representative sEEG samples from outside the study duration. All data were anonymized and secured on password …
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DYSPHAGIA TREATMENT PLANNING: ASSESSING CLINICIANS’ TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON MODIFIED BARIUM SWALLOW STUDY REPORTS
… measures of participant demographics and 2) inter-rater agreement for treatment target and strategy recommendations made following review of MBS reports in low and high pathophysiology conditions, 3) chi-square analyses comparing target and strategy recommendations according to report …
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DYSPHAGIA TREATMENT PLANNING: ASSESSING CLINICIANS’ TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON MODIFIED BARIUM SWALLOW STUDY REPORTS
… measures of participant demographics and 2) inter-rater agreement for treatment target and strategy recommendations made following review of MBS reports in low and high pathophysiology conditions, 3) chi-square analyses comparing target and strategy recommendations according to report …
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Tumour Localisation in Histopathology Images
… manually, increasing workloads and introducing inter- and intra-observer variability. Automation shows great potential in clinical research to reduce pathologists' workloads and speed up cancer research in large clinical studies. Whilst recent advancements in digital pathology have enabled IHC …
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Parent perspectives of at-home cognitive intervention for preschoolers with Down syndrome
… skills, including executive function (EF). Intervention provided during early childhood can support the development of EF, however there are few cognitive interventions designed for young developmental ages. Parent-mediated interventions (PMIs) are emerging as an effective and scalable …
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Assessing Reliability of Expert Ratings Among Judges Responding to a Survey Instrument Developed to Study the Long Term Efficacy of the ABET Engineering Criteria, EC2000
… provide the lens through which researchers interpret results and important decisions are made. Therefore, inter-rater agreement (IRA) and inter-rater reliability (IRR) are pre-requisites for rater-dependent data analysis. A survey instrument cannot provide “good” information if it is not …
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A framework for assessing and improving quality of data from visual evaluation of asset conditions
… linear regression analysis, b) assessment of the agreement between evaluators — performed using inter-rater agreement analysis, and c) management practices performed to improve the results shown by the assessments. When the Data Quality Assessment & Improvement Framework is applied to actual …
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The Development and Initial Validity / Reliability Testing of the Glamorgan Paediatric Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment Scale
… ulcer risk assessment (the Glamorgan Scale). An inter-rater agreement study (project 3) was carried out on the Glamorgan scale by collecting 27 sets of paired data.<br/>The Glamorgan scale is the first published paediatric pressure ulcer risk assessment scale developed from patient data using …
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The Reciprocal Relationship Among Object Relations, Attention, and Language in a Sample of School-Aged Children
… scale as a reliable and valid measure of OR. Inter-rater agreement for the MOA-TAT was excellent (ICC = .86), and significant convergence was revealed between the two scales. The MOA-TAT, however, evidenced a more adaptive OR distribution and higher frequency of responses than the MOA scale. …
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A Depth-Guided Annotation Tool for B-Line Quantification in Lung Ultrasound
… safety, and sensitivity. However, current LUS interpretation methods, particularly manual B-line counting, are highly subjective and suffer from substantial inter- and intra-observer variability. This variability limits reproducibility, hampers clinical integration, and challenges the …
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The Development of a Model for Behavioral Observation Performance of Instructional Personnel
… and bias and yield high reliability and agreement among raters. Procedure. There were two urban and one rural school districts that participated in field testing the model for evaluating instructional personnel. After the instruments were developed, each district field tested the model by …
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The agreement, reliability and accuracy of a subjective-rating for technique measurement in rugby union after video-based training
Background: Rugby union is a high-intensity, intermittent sport, characterised by numerous contact events, such as rucks, mauls, scrums, and tackles. Specifically, the tackle is the most common action to occur during a rugby game. Subsequently, the tackle (tackler and ballcarrier) is responsible …
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