Homogeneity Score Test for the Intraclass Version of the Kappa Statistics and Sample-Size Determination in Multiple or Stratified Studies

Biometrics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1027-1035

  Nam, Jun Mo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimator of common kappa; Homogeneity tests; Interval estimation; Kappa statistics; Sample size

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

ESTIMATOR OF COMMON KAPPA; GOODNESS OF FIT; HOMOGENEITY TEST; INTERVAL ESTIMATION; KAPPA STATISTIC; LIKELIHOOD SCORE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; NON-ITERATIVE; SAMPLE SIZES; SCORE TEST;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOMETRY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PSYCHOMETRY; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0346102890     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2003.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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