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

Table 4.

The effect of adjusting the instrument and a consensus meeting on validity for the three conditions

Mean difference (CI) S2error (%) S2inspector (%) S2case (%); rho
Cases on professionalism
Unadjusted −0.26 (−0.59; 0.07) 0.49 (59) 0.07 (8) 0.28 (34); 0.34
Adjusted 0.77 (0.38; 1.16) 0.21 (30) 0.21 (30) 0.28 (40); 0.40
Consensus 0.85 (0.57; 1.12) 0.27 (47) 0.03 (5) 0.28 (48); 0.48
Cases on pressure ulcers
Unadjusted −0.06 (−0.22; 0.1) 0.38 (59) 0.04 (6) 0.23 (35); 0.35
Adjusted 0.43 (0.19; 0.67) 0.40 (53) 0.13 (17) 0.23 (30); 0.30
Consensus 0.37 (0.24; 0.5) 0.23 (46) 0.05 (9) 0.23 (45); 0.45

% 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.