How reliable are group informant ratings? A test of food security ratings in Honduras

Publication year: 
1998

The reliability of food security rating was tested in a rural area of Honduras. 20 workshop were conducted aomng members of producer associations. Measures of interrater agreement suggest the method is not highly reliable. The authors put forward six different hypotheses to explain the poor reliability of the rating method. they also suggest future research directions.

Source publication information
Journal Title: 
World development
Volume: 
Vol.26, no.10
Pages: 
1893-902

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