Using course syllabi to uncover opportunities for curriculum-integrated instruction

Reference and User Services Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-271

  Smith, Cheri ^a   Doversberger, Linda ^a   Jones, Sherri ^a   Ladwig, Parker ^a   Parker, Jennifer ^a   Pietraszewski, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 84877676510     PISSN: 10949054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/rusq.51n3.263     Document Type: Article

References (19)

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19. One team reviewed 46 syllabi and had an overall kappa coefficient of inter-observer agreement of 0.53. A kappa coefficient between 0.40 and 0.60 indicates moderate agreement, according to Douglas G. Altman, Practical Statistics for Medical Research (London: Chapman and Hall, 1991). (Though Altman is dated, it has a clear and concise explanation of kappa values). The second team reviewed 53 syllabi and had a kappa coefficient of 0.41. The third team reviewed 46 syllabi and had a kappa coefficient of 0.77.