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Agreement Among Raters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. E. Maxwell
A. E. Maxwell*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, De Crespigny Park, S.E.5
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It is frequently the case in investigations in the behaviour sciences that a number of independent raters are asked to rate the same sample of subjects with regard to certain signs, symptoms or characteristics of these subjects, and the question of comparing the results given by the raters then arises.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 118 , Issue 547 , June 1971 , pp. 659 - 662
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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