According to the text, a drawback of using Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient as an index of interrater reliability is that:
A. two sets of numbers from two observers can be highly correlated even when they disagree markedly.
B. it tends to overstate the degree of correlation between observers' data.
C. it cannot be computed for more than two observers.
D. All of the answers are correct.
Answer: A
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