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Source: Methods Working Paper
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1. Tout, Kathryn
Zaslow, Martha J.
Mariner, Carrie L.
Halle, Tamara G.
Interviewer Ratings of Mother-Child Interaction and the Home Environment in the Context of Survey Research: Contributions and Concerns
Methods Working Paper #98.5, Washington DC: Child Trends, Inc., 1998.
Also: http://www.childtrends.org/files/pubs/1998-11InterviewerRatingsofMotherChildInteractionandtheHomeEnvironmentintheContextofSurveyResearch.pdf
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Child Trends, Inc.
Keyword(s): Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Interviewer Characteristics; Interviewing Method; Parenting Skills/Styles

The purpose of these analyses is to test the reliability and validity of interviewer ratings of maternal/child interactions and the home environment as used in the survey adaptation of the HOME inventory, the HOME-Short Form. Although the results indicate that interviewer ratings are internally consistent and contribute to the prediction of child outcomes (albeit only slightly, there are a number of warning signs which suggest that further attention needs to be directed at improving the quality of interviewer ratings before they become a standard component of survey design. In particular, across-time and across-interviewer agreement was quite low, not even approaching acceptable levels particularly of inter-rater reliability. In addition, we saw no significant correlations between the maternal report and interviewer rating components comprising particular HOME-SF subscales.
Bibliography Citation
Tout, Kathryn, Martha J. Zaslow, Carrie L. Mariner and Tamara G. Halle. "Interviewer Ratings of Mother-Child Interaction and the Home Environment in the Context of Survey Research: Contributions and Concerns." Methods Working Paper #98.5, Washington DC: Child Trends, Inc., 1998.