When we evaluate whether a diagnostic label is meaningful, one method is to look at its _______________, which is a measure of how much different clinicians agree on patients' diagnoses.

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Interrater reliability is the measure of agreement between two or more clinicians on a patient's diagnosis. If there is high interrater reliability, it suggests that the diagnostic label is meaningful as different clinicians agree on the same diagnosis.

When We Evaluate Whether a Diagnostic Label Is Meaningful, One