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Inter-rater agreement

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TL;DR. A measure of the consistency or agreement between two or more human raters performing the same task.

Technical Definition

A measure of the consistency or agreement between two or more human raters performing the same task.

How it works

Inter-rater agreement, also known as inter-annotator agreement, quantifies the level of consensus among multiple human annotators or raters. High agreement suggests that the task is well-defined and the raters are applying the criteria consistently. Low agreement may indicate ambiguous instructions or subjective task elements, potentially requiring refinement.

Further Reading

  • Google ML Glossary