Relative reliability measures the strength of correlation between repeated measures, taking into account variability between subjects and variability within individual subjects. Absolute reliability measures the variability of scores from one measurement to the next, without considering the range of scores, and is used to determine the consistency of individual scores over time. Both relative and absolute reliability are important in assessing the reproducibility and consistency of measurement tools and tests.
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Review of statistics terminology; relative vs absolute reliability
Relative reliability measures the strength of correlation between repeated measures, taking into account variability between subjects and variability within individual subjects. Absolute reliability measures the variability of scores from one measurement to the next, without considering the range of scores, and is used to determine the consistency of individual scores over time. Both relative and absolute reliability are important in assessing the reproducibility and consistency of measurement tools and tests.
Relative reliability measures the strength of correlation between repeated measures, taking into account variability between subjects and variability within individual subjects. Absolute reliability measures the variability of scores from one measurement to the next, without considering the range of scores, and is used to determine the consistency of individual scores over time. Both relative and absolute reliability are important in assessing the reproducibility and consistency of measurement tools and tests.
Relative reliability strength of correlation between repeated measures taking in account the total group variability (between subject/measurement)
) and individual variability measure (within subject/measurement)
Absolute reliability variability of the scores from measurement to measurement (not affected by range of scores, used to interpret the consistency of individual scores)