A method of repeated assessment of radiographic study material was used in an attempt to develop indices of consistency and reliability. The interpretation of the coefficient of reliability was complicated by the large intersubject variability relative to examiner error. Of the various indices generated, the F tests for replications and for treatment by replication interaction are suggested as useful immediately.
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