Detecting systematic bias between two raters

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 113-115

  Ludbrook, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias index; Categorical variables; Exact tests; Homogeneity of marginal totals; Inter rater agreement; Interrater bias; Kappa statistic; McNemar test; Single binomial test; Symmetry of disagreement

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MCNEMAR TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 1242269910     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2004.03960.x     Document Type: Article

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