In Assessment, the Tendency of Raters to Deviate, Over Time

question 154

Multiple Choice

In assessment, the tendency of raters to deviate, over time, from the coding system in which they were trained is called ______.

• A) observer variance
• B) the Hawthorne effect
• C) observer drift
• D) perceptual shift

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