What does inter-rater reliability mean?

[lovatic]

I was doing a practice exam and I came across a couple of questions related to inter-rater reliability and I wasn't sure what it was..

The questions were:

a) explain what inter-rater reliability means with reference to the classification of mental disorders.
b) which approach to classifying mental disorders has the highest inter-rater reliability?

If someone could explain these to me, that would be great! 

[Felicity Wishes]

Inter-rater reliability refers to the degree in which different mental health professionals diagnose the same individual with the with the same mental disorder.

The categorical approach has the highest inter-rater reliability .

[lovatic]

Inter-rater reliability refers to the degree in which different mental health professionals diagnose the same individual with the with the same mental disorder.

The categorical approach has the highest inter-rater reliability .

again, thankyou 

[Felicity Wishes]

Inter-rater reliability refers to the degree in which different mental health professionals diagnose the same individual with the with the same mental disorder.

The categorical approach has the highest inter-rater reliability .

again, thankyou 

No probs.

[danielgb123]

Inter-rater reliability refers to the degree in which different mental health professionals diagnose the same individual with the with the same mental disorder.

The categorical approach has the highest inter-rater reliability .

Doesn't dimensional have the highest inter-rater reliability?

[vashappenin]

Inter-rater reliability refers to the degree in which different mental health professionals diagnose the same individual with the with the same mental disorder.

The categorical approach has the highest inter-rater reliability .

Doesn't dimensional have the highest inter-rater reliability?

Yeah that's what I thought as well, because there's no standardised system, leading to more inconsistency..

[Scooby]

Yeah, I agree with Felicity

I'm pretty sure the categorical approach has higher inter-rater reliability. If a mental health professional used the dimensional approach, most of the time they'd have to create their own questionnaires or standardised inventories to assess a particular psychological characteristic. If all these mental health professionals have different ways of assessing the same characteristic, there's not going to be a great deal of consistency

With the categorical approach, they're really all using the same diagnostic criteria (which is outlined in the DSM and ICD), so there's going to be a lot more consistency in their diagnoses. Of course, the symptoms for some distinct disorders are going to overlap in a pretty big way (especially personality disorders). But on the whole, diagnosis is going be more consistent than if a dimensional approach were used

[vashappenin]

Awkward.. I read it wrong:S
Haha yea, Felicity is 100% correct! I read it as low inter-rater reliability.. MY BAD

[Felicity Wishes]

Yeah, I agree with Felicity

I'm pretty sure the categorical approach has higher inter-rater reliability. If a mental health professional used the dimensional approach, most of the time they'd have to create their own questionnaires or standardised inventories to assess a particular psychological characteristic. If all these mental health professionals have different ways of assessing the same characteristic, there's not going to be a great deal of consistency

With the categorical approach, they're really all using the same diagnostic criteria (which is outlined in the DSM and ICD), so there's going to be a lot more consistency in their diagnoses. Of course, the symptoms for some distinct disorders are going to overlap in a pretty big way (especially personality disorders). But on the whole, diagnosis is going be more consistent than if a dimensional approach were used

Exactly this! Mate, why do you only have 2 respect?

[Scooby]

Yeah, I agree with Felicity

I'm pretty sure the categorical approach has higher inter-rater reliability. If a mental health professional used the dimensional approach, most of the time they'd have to create their own questionnaires or standardised inventories to assess a particular psychological characteristic. If all these mental health professionals have different ways of assessing the same characteristic, there's not going to be a great deal of consistency

With the categorical approach, they're really all using the same diagnostic criteria (which is outlined in the DSM and ICD), so there's going to be a lot more consistency in their diagnoses. Of course, the symptoms for some distinct disorders are going to overlap in a pretty big way (especially personality disorders). But on the whole, diagnosis is going be more consistent than if a dimensional approach were used

Exactly this! Mate, why do you only have 2 respect?

Hahaha, I think both of them came from posting jokes as well