The ratings that three teachers made of the leadership ability of a particular high school senior agreed closely.This agreement among raters is referred to as inter-rater
A) validity.
B) reliability.
C) objectivity.
D) convergence.

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Inter-rater agreement refers to the degree to which multiple raters or observers agree on their evaluations or judgments of a particular target. In this case, the fact that three teachers' ratings of a high school senior's leadership ability agreed closely suggests that there is inter-rater reliability. Reliability refers to the consistency or reproducibility of a measurement or evaluation, so inter-rater reliability implies that multiple raters can provide consistent judgments of the same target. While objectivity and convergence are related concepts, they do not specifically refer to the agreement among multiple raters or observers. Validity, on the other hand, refers to the degree to which a measure or evaluation accurately assesses the construct or concept it is intended to measure, and is therefore not directly related to inter-rater agreement.

The Ratings That Three Teachers Made of the Leadership Ability