The use of chance-corrected agreement to diagnose canine compulsive disorder: An approach to behavioral diagnosis in the absence of a 'gold standard'

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-206

  Hewson, Caroline J ^a,b   Luescher, U Andrew ^a,c   Ball, Ronald O ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b 2 Wenderton Farm Cottages ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPULSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033159365     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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