A METHOD FOR RATING THE INDIVIDUAL DISTINCTIVENESS OF DOMESTIC CATS
A METHOD FOR RATING THE INDIVIDUAL DISTINCTIVENESS OF DOMESTIC CATS
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DOI：
10.1016/s0003-3472(86)80160-9
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发表时间：
1986-08-01
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影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
BATESON, P
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作者：
FEAVER, J;MENDL, M;BATESON, P
14只成年母家猫由2名观察员观察3个月。每只猫的行为风格的18个方面的评级是独立于每个观察者获得的。观察者之间的相关性在18个方面中有15个具有统计学意义，其中7个相关系数大于0.7。将评级与直接记录方法的结果进行比较，直接记录方法有等效的测量方法，在六种情况中，有五种评级和直接方法的结果显着相关。因此，评级方法通常是可靠的，并且可以充分验证。一些与直接记录没有明显和容易联系的观察者评级的评估，可能在关于另类行为模式和个体差异起源的发展研究中特别有用。
Fourteen adult female domestic cats were watched by two observers for 3 months. Ratings of 18 aspects of each cat''s behavioural style were obtained independently from each observer. Correlations between observers were statistically significant for 15 of the 18 aspects and seven of the correlation coefficients were greater than 0.7. The ratings were compared with results of direct recording methods, where equivalent measures were available and, in five out of six cases, the results of the ratings and direct methods were significantly correlated. The rating method is, therefore, generally reliable and can be adequately validated. Some assessments of observer ratings which are not obviously and easily realted to direct recordings may prove particularly useful in developmental studies of alternative modes of behaviour and the origins of individual differences.