Sample size requirements for training to a κ agreement criterion on clinical dementia ratings

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-268

  Tractenberg, Rochelle E ^a   Yumoto, Futoshi ^b   Jin, Shelia ^c   Morris, John C ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

; agreement; CDR; training

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; STAFF TRAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77956406172     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3181d489c6     Document Type: Article

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