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. 2020 Jan 18;10(1):167. doi: 10.3390/ani10010167

Table 3.

Within-observer reliability, 95% confidence intervals and mean-ICC for each observer. General behaviours (Table 1a) above the dotted line and object-directed behaviours (Table 1b) below.

Behaviour Observer A Observer B Observer C
ICC 95% Confidence Interval ICC 95% Confidence Interval ICC 95% Confidence Interval
Trunk swing 0.634 0.267–0.841 * 0.459 0.032–0.741 * 0.836 0.644–0.930
Trunk curl 0.697 0.371–0.871 * 0.837 0.642–0.930 0.935 0.814–0.975
Trunk curl-drop 0.578 0.177–0.814 * - - - -
Trunk in mouth 0.654 0.304–0.85 * - - 1.000 1.000–1.000
Ear flap 0.879 0.713–0.952 0.987 0.968–0.995 1.000 1.000–1.000
Tail flick 0.888 0.723–0.956 0.977 0.944–0.991 0.984 0.962–0.994
Object pick up 1.000 1.000–1.000 0.882 0.737–0.950 1.000 1.000–1.000
Object in mouth 1.000 1.000–1.000 1.000 1.000–1.000 1.000 1.000–1.000
Throw/flick 0.946 0.869–0.979 0.944 0.869–0.977 1.000 1.000–1.000
Stand on/kick 0.940 0.854–0.976 - - - -
Object test with trunk 0.930 0.828–0.973 0.320 0.000–0.658 * 0.932 0.840–0.972
Object test with foot - - - - 1.000 1.000–1.000
Testing time 0.988 0.971–0.995 0.981 0.950–0.992 0.997 0.992–0.999
Holding time 0.997 0.992–0.999 0.976 0.941–0.990 0.885 0.743–0.951
Mean-ICC 0.856 0.836 0.964

* Confidence interval spans two or more thresholds.