On similarity coefficients for 2×2 tables and correction for chance

Psychometrika

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 487-502

  Warrens, Matthijs J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohen's kappa; Correction for chance; Dice S renson coefficient; Goodman and Kruskal's lambda; Hamann's eta; Indices of association; Mak's rho; Resemblance measures; Scott's pi; Simple matching coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949107579     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-008-9059-y     Document Type: Article

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