Regression vs. Novometric-Based Assessment of Inter-Examiner Reliability

Paul R. Yarnold

Optimal Data Analysis, LLC

Four examiners independently recorded the DMFS (decayed, missing, filled surfaces) scores of ten patients. Inter-examiner correspondence of DMFS scores was evaluated using Pearson correlation and novometric analysis. Whereas essentially perfect correlation models were unable to accurately predict DMFS scores in training analysis, novometric models were consistently perfect in both training and reproducibility analysis.

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