A Review of Intraclass Correlation.

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Title: A Review of Intraclass Correlation.
Language: English
Authors: Cook, Colleen
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 35
Publication Date: 2000
Document Type: Information Analyses
Speeches/Meeting Papers
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Behavioral Sciences, Correlation, Interrater Reliability, Research, Research Design, Sampling, Statistical Significance
Abstract: Against an historical backdrop, this paper summarizes four uses of intraclass correlation of importance to contemporary researchers in the behavioral sciences. First, it shows how the intraclass correlation coefficient can be used to adjust confidence intervals for statistical significance testing when data are intracorrelated and the independence assumption is violated. Closely related to this discussion is a second application of the intraclass correlation coefficient to research design and sampling methodology in settings in which data are nonindependent. The third example is the use of the intraclass correlation coefficient as a measure of association. Finally, several versions of intraclass correlation coefficients, used as measures of interrater reliability among judges, are described. (Contains 7 tables, 2 figures, and 36 references.) (SLD)
Entry Date: 2000
Accession Number: ED435705
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Against an historical backdrop, this paper summarizes four uses of intraclass correlation of importance to contemporary researchers in the behavioral sciences. First, it shows how the intraclass correlation coefficient can be used to adjust confidence intervals for statistical significance testing when data are intracorrelated and the independence assumption is violated. Closely related to this discussion is a second application of the intraclass correlation coefficient to research design and sampling methodology in settings in which data are nonindependent. The third example is the use of the intraclass correlation coefficient as a measure of association. Finally, several versions of intraclass correlation coefficients, used as measures of interrater reliability among judges, are described. (Contains 7 tables, 2 figures, and 36 references.) (SLD)