The limits of agreement and the intraclass correlation coefficient may be inconsistent in the interpretation of agreement

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 264-269

  Costa Santos, Cristina ^a   Bernardes, João ^a,b,c   Ayres De Campos, Diogo ^a,b,c   Costa, Antónia ^a,b,c   Costa, Célia ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agreement; Apgar score; Observer variation; Reproducibility of results; Statistical data interpretation; Umbilical artery blood pH

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LIMIT OF AGREEMENT; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 78751646336     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.11.010     Document Type: Note

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