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interrater

interrater

8.0
A person who scores or judges the same work on their own
  • noun
  • /ˌɪntəˈreɪtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : interevaluador
  • Three independent interraters reviewed the essays to ensure fairness in grading.
  • interrater reliability
  • two independent interraters

Examples

  • The author's content analysis was reviewed by two independent interraters.

    Academic text (1997)
  • To achieve reliable results, the team relied on trained interraters to evaluate the responses.

  • Multiple project staff initially developed separate coding schemes to ensure interrater reliability.

    Academic text (2004)
  • In other words, the interrater reliability varied from moderate to almost perfect.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The established interrater reliability was 87%.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Overall interrater reliability of the survey and codebook was found to be 90.6%.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Interrater differences may introduce some challenges in terms of establishing reliability and consistency of scoring.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The coders met regularly to discuss coding processes until an interrater reliability above 80% was reached.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Interrater reliability for individual questions in the survey ranged from 79.8% to 100%.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Interrater reliability averaged 99.97% across the three coders for the reading print codes.

    Academic text (2014)

Synonyms

grader
vsinterrater
  • US
178 3.7

A person who gives grades to students' work

assesses the same work independently rather than focusing on course grades
evaluator
vsinterrater
7 4.3

A person who judges how good or useful something is

works by judging the same items independently alongside peers
rater
vsinterrater
4 4.6

A person who gives scores to work like tests or essays

assesses the same items independently alongside other judges
assessor
vsinterrater
3 4.3

A person who judges how good or valuable something is

focuses on assessing identical items independently with other reviewers
judger
vsinterrater
6.2

A person who gives scores and feedback in a competition

assesses the same performances independently instead of choosing winners

Surface Forms

interrater singular
interraters plural

Morphology

interrater = rater (transparent) = inter + rater

Formed by inter- + rater; while the noun is a less common usage (speakers more often say 'rater'), the meaning 'a rater participating in an interrater comparison' is still deducible.

Etymology

Interrater comes from inter- 'between' and rater from rate 'to judge' or 'score'. A helpful way to remember the noun is that an interrater is a person who judges the same items as others, so you can compare their scores.