Abstract
This paper considers the mean and variance of the two statistics, kappa and weighted kappa, which are useful in measuring agreement between two raters, in the situation where they independently allocate a sample of subjects to a prearranged set of categories.
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KappaStatisticsCohen's kappaMathematicsVariance (accounting)Sample (material)EconometricsChemistryEconomicsChromatography
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- 1968
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- 21
- Issue
- 1
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- 97-103
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- 156
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B. S. Everitt
(1968).
MOMENTS OF THE STATISTICS KAPPA AND WEIGHTED KAPPA.
British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology
, 21
(1)
, 97-103.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8317.1968.tb00400.x
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- 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1968.tb00400.x