The Irvine-Minnesota inventory to measure built environments - Reliability tests
The Irvine-Minnesota inventory to measure built environments - Reliability tests
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DOI：
10.1016/j.amepre.2005.09.018
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发表时间：
2006-02-01
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Oakes, M
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作者：
Boarnet, MG;Day, K;Oakes, M
背景：评价者之间的可靠性是环境审计工具的一个重要组成部分。本文介绍了欧文-明尼苏达州的库存，广泛的审计工具，旨在测量广泛的建筑环境功能，可能与active living.Methods的可靠性测试的结果：评分员之间的可靠性测量观察员之间的百分比协议。可靠性进行了测试，在广泛的网站在加州和Minnesota.Results：对于变量，仍然在库存中，在加州大学欧文分校进行的测试中，76.8%的变量有> 80%的协议之间的三个评级。在明尼苏达大学进行的测试中，99.2%的变量有> 80%的协议之间的两个raters.Conclusions：可靠性高，为大多数项目。对库存进行了修改，以删除可靠性低的项目。在使用的库存和研究的目标的差异，导致一般较高的可靠性在明尼苏达州。这些差异，局限性和未来的研究方向进行了讨论。
Background: Inter-rater reliability is an important element of environmental audit tools. This paper presents results of reliability tests of the Irvine-Minnesota Inventory, an extensive audit tool aimed at measuring a broad range of built environment features that may be linked to active living.Methods: Inter-rater reliability was measured by percentage agreement between observers. Reliability was tested on a broad range of sites in both California and Minnesota.Results: For the variables that remained in the inventory, in tests conducted at the University of California-Irvine, 76.8% of the variables had > 80% agreement among the three raters. In tests conducted at the University of Minnesota, 99.2% of the variables had > 80% agreement among the two raters.Conclusions: Reliability was high for most items. The inventory was modified to eliminate items with low reliability. Differences in the use of the inventory and the goals of the research led to generally higher reliability in Minnesota. Those differences, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.