Approaches to testing inter-observer reliability of field-collected behavioral data

Waterbirds

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 348-357

  Neuman, J ^a,d   Chardine, J W ^b   Porter, J M ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral observations; Black legged Kittiwake; Correlation; Courtship feeding; Inter observer reliability; Rissa tridactyla; Validity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEABIRD;

LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 0033500671     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1522110     Document Type: Article

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