Kappa statistic to measure agreement beyond chance in free-response assessments

Kappa statistic to measure agreement beyond chance in free-response assessments

Abstract Background The usual kappa statistic requires that all observations be enumerated. However, in free-response assessments, only positive (or abnormal) findings are notified, but negative (or normal) findings are not. This situation occurs frequently in imaging or other diagnostic studies. We...

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Main Authors: Marc Carpentier, Christophe Combescure, Laura Merlini, Thomas V. Perneger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Reproducibility of results
Reliability (Epidemiology)
Methodological Study
Biostatistics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-017-0340-6

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