A nurse researcher is critically appraising a research report and asks the question "Was interrater reliability calculated?" Which data collection methods and procedures would this question evaluate?

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Interrater reliability refers to the degree of agreement or consistency between two or more observers or raters who are evaluating the same phenomenon or behavior. Therefore, the question about whether interrater reliability was calculated would specifically evaluate the data collection method of observation and the procedures used to ensure that the different observers or raters were measuring the same thing consistently. It would not be relevant to physiologic measurement, interviews, or available data records, as these data collection methods do not involve the subjective judgment of different observers or raters.

A Nurse Researcher Is Critically Appraising a Research Report and Asks