I think one of the best features of this system is that it allows for comparing the ratings
of different observers such as mother, father, teacher, or caregiver.
The term reliability refers to the degree to which a measure or diagnosis, is consistent on repeated trials or
among different observers.
For example, when an experiment demands that Alex learn a new word like «none,» Pepperberg waits until the parrot's pronunciation is so unambiguous that
different observers agree 90 percent of the time on what he's saying.
However, this should not be interpreted as an increased prevalence of heart murmurs, as the demographics of the populations of dogs differed from the dogs examined in 1985 - 1991 and
different observers examined the dogs.
He began collecting accounts of humpback whales interacting with orcas, and found nothing short of 115 documented interactions, reported by 54
different observers between 1951 and 2012.
Such selective «tuning» of colours to the eyes
of different observers might provide at least some camouflage against dangerous predators that sneakily eavesdrop on the bright signals of their prey.»
Russell's appeal to this common practice, however, begs the important question of how, in his case, the necessary «correspondence» among different points in
the different observers» perceptual spaces is to be ascertained.
Even when grading something like how warm and responsive a parent is towards a child, three
different observers may have three different responses.
There is no fixed underlying reality that
different observers can independently experience.
Einstein showed with relativity that
different observers, depending on their relative motion, may see two events as being simultaneous or as one preceding the other.
«It was a long project that involved lots of
different observers, some of them around the world,» said Professor Michael Joner, co-author of the study.
Different observers will choose different origins.
Even with trained raters, we had to score four lessons, each by
a different observer, and average those scores to get a reliable measure of a teacher's practice.
Attaining a comparable level of consistency with classroom observations required scoring four different lessons, each by
a different observer.
What's more, «best practices» tend to mean different things to
different observers.
Different observers, even those engaged in dog - related professions, frequently disagree with each oth...
Age and size classification are independently estimated by
the different observers, and the concordance of different classification is routinely checked.
Sunspot number series are composed from observations of hundreds of
different observers that require careful normalization to standard conditions.