"Observer Variation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The failure by the observer to measure or identify a phenomenon accurately, which results in an error. Sources for this may be due to the observer's missing an abnormality, or to faulty technique resulting in incorrect test measurement, or to misinterpretation of the data. Two varieties are inter-observer variation (the amount observers vary from one another when reporting on the same material) and intra-observer variation (the amount one observer varies between observations when reporting more than once on the same material).
| Descriptor ID |
D015588
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.354.753 N02.421.450.600 N05.715.350.150.675 N06.850.490.500.250 N06.850.490.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Observer Variation- Observer Variation
- Observer Variations
- Variation, Observer
- Variations, Observer
- Bias, Observer
- Observer Bias
Intraobserver Variation- Intraobserver Variation
- Intraobserver Variations
- Variation, Intraobserver
- Variations, Intraobserver
- Intra-Observer Variation
- Intra Observer Variation
- Intra-Observer Variations
- Variation, Intra-Observer
- Variations, Intra-Observer
- Intraobserver Variability
- Intraobserver Variabilities
- Variabilities, Intraobserver
- Variability, Intraobserver
- Intra-Observer Variability
- Intra Observer Variability
- Intra-Observer Variabilities
- Variabilities, Intra-Observer
- Variability, Intra-Observer
Interobserver Variation- Interobserver Variation
- Interobserver Variations
- Variation, Interobserver
- Variations, Interobserver
- Inter-Observer Variation
- Inter Observer Variation
- Inter-Observer Variations
- Variation, Inter-Observer
- Variations, Inter-Observer
- Interobserver Variability
- Interobserver Variabilities
- Variabilities, Interobserver
- Variability, Interobserver
- Inter-Observer Variability
- Inter Observer Variability
- Inter-Observer Variabilities
- Variabilities, Inter-Observer
- Variability, Inter-Observer
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2013 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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