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title: What are the Rater Categories in the 360 Assessment?
description: "There are 4 relationship category options for raters within the SigmaRadius 360 Assessment: Leader, Colleague, Direct/Indirect Report, and Other"
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# What are the Rater Categories in the 360 Assessment?

## Rater categories in SigmaRadius.com

The following are the 4 relationship category options for raters within the SigmaRadius 360 Assessment.

1. **L**eader – The Target's current supervisor
2. **C**olleague – Individual at the same level as the Target in the organization
3. Direct/Indirect **R**eport – Individual the Target supervises either directly or indirectly
4. **O**ther – Any individual who is familiar with the Target's performance in a leadership role and who they feel could provide useful feedback

*Note:*

In the SigmaRadius 360 report, ratings are grouped by the rater's relationship to the target - whether the rater is the target's leader, a colleague of the target, reports to the target, or best fits into the optional "other" category. Because the relationship category to which a rater is assigned plays a role in the scoring of the 360 instrument, and because the relationship category also plays a role in the confidentiality settings, the relationship category is locked once the rater begins providing feedback.

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