Cow-Calf Health and Handling Assessment
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Test Your Repeatability

Why do we test repeatability? 

Testing repeatability is particularly important for formal assessments. For example, if an auditor came to your ranch, it would be good to know that they would score in the same way each time and that their scoring was fair. For professional auditors, knowing their repeatability is key to a trustworthy process. For ranchers, knowing how repeatable you are could be useful to test your level of knowledge about each measure.
 
We determine how well each person's evaluation agrees with one generally accepted by experienced assessors (i.e. a 'gold standard'). High agreement allows us to confidently compare results from different assessors and from the same assessor over time. 

To measure agreement between assessors, we calculate a kappa statistic. This calculation is a common way to measure repeatability. ​Each test is about 30 questions and takes approximately 5 minutes to complete.

How to interpret your score:

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​You will need to use Chrome as your browser and high speed internet for the tests to work. ​
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​Download a progress sheet to record your score after each test.

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Start by testing your repeatability on the 6 basic measures. 

Health Measures

Abrasion
Lame
Swelling 
Thin

Handling Measures

Electric prod use 
Stumble 


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In addition to the core measures, click on the links below to test you repeatability for the full assessment.

Health Measures

Blind eye
Diarrhea (loose stool)
​Dirty
Hairless patch
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Nasal discharge
Ocular discharge

Handling Measures

Balk 
​Mis-catch 
​Run
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Tail twist ​
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