Reliability in Category Coding Systems
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1988
Keywords
unitizing vs interpretive reliability in category coding systems, rating of nurse physician interactions, implications for nursing research
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1097/00006199-198801000-00012
Abstract
Distinguishes unitizing reliability (consistency in identifying what is to be categorized across time and/or judges) from interpretive reliability (consistency in applying category labels) and argues that unitizing reliability is necessarily prior to and ensures good interpretive reliability. Examples from nursing research on confirming/disconfirming communication illustrate the point.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Nursing Research, v. 37, issue 1, p. 52-55
Scholar Commons Citation
Garvin, Bonnie J.; Kennedy, Carol W.; and Cissna, Kenneth N., "Reliability in Category Coding Systems" (1988). Communication Faculty Publications. 555.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/555
