On the marginal dependency of Cohen's k

European Psychologist

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-315

  Von Eye, Alexander ^a   Von Eye, Maxine ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chance model; Kappa; Marginal dependency; Marginal dependent; Marginal free; Odds ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849127695     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.13.4.305     Document Type: Article

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