interrater
- noun
- /ˌɪntəˈreɪtər/
- Specialized
- Three independent interraters reviewed the essays to ensure fairness in grading.
- interrater reliability
- two independent interraters
Examples
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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.
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Multiple project staff initially developed separate coding schemes to ensure interrater reliability.
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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%.
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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.
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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
A person who gives grades to students' work
A person who judges how good or useful something is
A person who gives scores to work like tests or essays
A person who judges how good or valuable something is
A person who gives scores and feedback in a competition
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.