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Reliability assessment and approaches to determining agreement between measurements: classic methods paper

Reliability assessment and approaches to determining agreement between measurements: classic methods paper
Reliability assessment and approaches to determining agreement between measurements: classic methods paper
This classic methods paper (Bland and Altman, 2010) considers the assessment of agreement between measures, an often overlooked aspect of assessing measurements taken for use in research and practice and (re) introduces the ubiquitous ‘Bland Altman’ procedures for assessing agreement. The importance of these procedures is high and they address issues that are not always considered in research which uses measurement scales or describes the characteristics of scales developed for use in clinical practice. Many widely used approaches for reliability assessment can fail to consider the agreement between measures at all and can give an entirely misleading impression of an instrument's suitability for use in research or practice.

reliability, test–retest reliability, inter-rater reliability, measurement, reproducibility of results, validation studies, observer variation
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Griffiths, Peter
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Murrells, Trevor
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Griffiths, Peter
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Murrells, Trevor
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Griffiths, Peter and Murrells, Trevor (2010) Reliability assessment and approaches to determining agreement between measurements: classic methods paper. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 47 (8), 937-938. (doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.03.004). (PMID:20447634)

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This classic methods paper (Bland and Altman, 2010) considers the assessment of agreement between measures, an often overlooked aspect of assessing measurements taken for use in research and practice and (re) introduces the ubiquitous ‘Bland Altman’ procedures for assessing agreement. The importance of these procedures is high and they address issues that are not always considered in research which uses measurement scales or describes the characteristics of scales developed for use in clinical practice. Many widely used approaches for reliability assessment can fail to consider the agreement between measures at all and can give an entirely misleading impression of an instrument's suitability for use in research or practice.

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Published date: August 2010
Keywords: reliability, test–retest reliability, inter-rater reliability, measurement, reproducibility of results, validation studies, observer variation

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Local EPrints ID: 167335
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/167335
ISSN: 0020-7489
PURE UUID: 48359b7d-c1bf-49f0-9a97-38ed3ba2499f

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Date deposited: 11 Nov 2010 10:08
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:15

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Author: Peter Griffiths
Author: Trevor Murrells

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