Interobserver agreement: Cohen's kappa coefficient does not necessarily reflect the percentage of patients with congruent classifications

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 93-95

  Steinijans, V W ^a   Diletti, E ^a   Bomches B ^a   Greis, C ^b   Solleder, P ^b  

^a ALTANA PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^b Bracco Byk Gulden ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Congruent classifications; Interrater reliability; Kappa coefficient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030996212     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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