Table 1 Absolute and Relative Technical Error of Measurement (TEM) for adult self-measurement, parental measurement, and researcher measurement of head circumference
From: Reliability of self, parental, and researcher measurements of head circumference
Adult self-measurement | Parent measurement of child | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Absolute TEM | Relative TEM | Absolute TEM | Relative TEM | |
Within -rater | ||||
Adult self/parental | 0.52 | 0.91% | 0.29 | 0.57% |
Researcher A | 0.26 | 0.45% | 0.16 | 0.31% |
Researcher B | 0.31 | 0.53% | -- | -- |
Between- rater | ||||
Self/child vs. researcher A | 0.82 | 1.43% | 0.20 | 0.39% |
Both researchers | 0.45 | 0.78% | -- | -- |