Three experimenters are independently observing the interactions of two college students who are participating in a study of moral issues. Later, the observations of the experimenters are compared for their consistency. This procedure (comparing the observations) is attempting to assess the
A) effectiveness of counterbalancing.
B) interrater reliability.
C) effectiveness of randomly assigning subjects to groups.
D) degree to which the experimenters are introducing confounding variables into their study.
E) interrater validity.

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Interrater reliability refers to the level of agreement or consistency among different observers or raters measuring the same phenomenon. By comparing the observations of the three experimenters, the study aims to assess how consistently they observed and recorded the interactions, which is a direct measure of interrater reliability.

Three Experimenters Are Independently Observing the Interactions of Two College