Interrater reliability and the kappa statistic: A comment on Morris et al. (2008)

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-142

  Kottner, Jan ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interrater reliability; Kappa

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949094159     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.04.001     Document Type: Note

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