Tag: #bias

2 essays

How popular beliefs about obesity contribute to the growing problem

Obesity is becoming more common in western cultures. Because the genetic component linked to obesity remains the same as it has in the past, there is an increased concern about the cultural and environmental causes of overeating (Lissner, 1997). Affluent western cultures have higher incidences than cultures that have more limited resources. Western cultures also […]

Why the CBCL’s Inter-rater Reliability is poor at the Item and Syndrome level

There seem to be no obvious methodological or statistical issues that could account for the poor inter-rater reliability. Embregts argues that informants might have a different view on presence and severity of behavioral problems depending on the frequency and quality of interaction they have with the client (“biased” data). Secondly both judges might have different […]