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Approximate Interval Estimation for a Certain Intraclass Correlation Coefficient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Joseph L. Fleiss  and
Patrick E. Shrout
Joseph L. Fleiss*
Affiliation:
Columbia University
Patrick E. Shrout
Affiliation:
Columbia University
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Abstract

When the raters participating in a reliability study are a random sample from a larger population of raters, inferences about the intraclass correlation coefficient must be based on the three mean squares from the analysis of variance table summarizing the results: between subjects, between raters, and error. An approximate confidence interval for the parameter is presented as a function of these three mean squares.

Keywords

confidence intervalsanalysis of variance–random modelinter-rater reliability

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Original Paper
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Psychometrika , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , June 1978 , pp. 259 - 262
Copyright
Copyright © 1978 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

Dr. Fleiss is also with the Biometrics Research Unit of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. This work was supported in part by grant DE 04068 from the National Institute of Dental Research.

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