In a discussion on reliability of performance assessments, Brennan concludes that reliability issues are due to "the combined effect of large person-task interactions and small numbers of tasks" (emphasis is original, p. 308).
The term "probability-based safety analysis" in this discussion includes the mathematical treatment of reliability analysis, as well as the various approaches to decision analysis such as code safety factor decisions and optimum design where the objective includes safety and cost.
The resulting parameter estimates are given with a discussion of their reliability and the observed behaviour of the two sampling algorithms.
A comprehensive discussion of the reliability and validity of these types of measures is out of the scope of this paper; more detailed recent discussions can be found in Kahneman and Krueger (2006), Diener et al. (2013).
First, there can be discussion about which form of reliability is more appropriate: internal consistency reliability, interrater reliability, or test retest reliability.
A discussion about reliability of in vitro and in vivo models for the study of disc degeneration is included in [ 44].
In view of ongoing discussions about the importance of reliability in the propagation of synchronous spike activity for neocortical information processing (e.g. [3]) we investigated the reliability of spike firing as a function of input synchrony.
A main point of discussion is the reliability of technical assumptions and performance predictions for the future.
Finally, the list of commercially available products are reviewed with discussion of questions regarding the reliability, utility and the safety of these products.
Discussion of inter- and intralaboratory reliability is also included in this section.
