Table 2

SIRS Primary Scales: Reliability and Classificatioin

Test-Retest Reliability and Consistency
ScalesClassification
Correlation% ± |2|Concordance (%)κYule's Q
RS0.36*92.398.10.661.00
SC0.7096.2100.01.001.00
IA0.4698.1100.01.001.00
BL0.5488.5100.01.001.00
SU0.9075.094.20.381.00
SEL0.8878.698.10.661.00
SEV0.8492.398.10.661.00
RO−0.0498.1100.01.001.00
Munlikely0.3896.299.5.921.00
Mamplified0.7983.697.6.681.00
  • Classifications are nonfeigning (honest and indeterminate) and feigning (probable and definite); % ± |2| is the percentage for which absolute difference in repeated administrations is 2 points or less.

  • * p ≤ 0.05

  • p ≤ 0.001.