Assessment of observer's stability and reliability - A tool for evaluation of intra- and inter-concordance in animal behavioral recordings

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 6603-6606

  Garcia, Vitor Augusto ^a   Crispim Jr , Carlos Fernando ^a   Marino Neto, José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCORDANCE INDEX; HIGH VARIABILITY; KAPPA COEFFICIENT; RECORDING PROCEDURE; RECORDING STABILITY; STATISTICAL INDICES;

ANIMALS; RATING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78650958525     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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