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. 2014 May 12;20(4):352–361. doi: 10.1111/jep.12136

Table 3.

The effect of adjusting the instrument and a consensus meeting on inter-rater reliability for the three conditions

Mean (CI) S2error (%) S2inspector (%) S2case (%); rho
Cases on professionalism
Unadjusted 2.12 (1.75; 2.50) 0.39(44) 0.08 (9) 0.41 (47); 0.47
Adjusted 3.27 (2.82; 3.72) 0.22 (26) 0.22 (26) 0.41 (48); 0.48
Consensus 3.81 (3.48; 4.14) 0.26 (37) 0.03 (4) 0.41 (59); 0.59
Cases on pressure ulcers
Unadjusted 2.51 (2.18; 2.84) 0.61 (62) 0.02 (2) 0.35 (35); 0.35
Adjusted 2.93 (2.53; 3.34) 0.39 (45) 0.14 (16) 0.35 (40); 0.40
Consensus 2.99 (2.63; 3.30) 0.24 (38) 0.05 (8) 0.35 (54); 0.54

% case, percentage of variance explained by cases; % error, percentage of variance explained by error; % inspector, percentage of variance explained by inspectors; CI, 80% confidence intervals; rho, mean reliability when one inspector examines a case; S2case, variance of cases; S2error, variance of inspectors and cases; S2inspector, variance of inspectors.