kappa coefficient

collocation in English

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kappa
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkæp.ə/us
/ˈkæp.ə/
the 10th letter of the ...
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coefficient
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/us
/ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/
a value, in mathematics, that appears in front of and multiplies ...
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The inter-rater agreement of the best overall diagnosis (in which the longitudinal course of the illness was considered) was high (kappacoefficient=0.92).
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Thekappacoefficientfor intersession agreement indicated that approximately 84% of the subjects obtained the same pass 0 fail results at both sessions.
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When thekappacoefficientwas calculated, "uncertain" was treated as "yes" for resuscitation.
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The accuracy of the classification was high as shown by thekappacoefficient(0.86).
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Inter-coder reliability was assessed using thekappacoefficientfor multiple raters.
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Cohen'skappacoefficientwas computed for each condition separately.
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Kappacoefficientis a measure of concordance beyond chance, and ranges from 0 for agreement consistent with chance to 1 for perfect agreement or 1 for perfect disagreement.!
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In addition to the data from proxy respondents, selfreport data on life events were available for controls, allowing us to calculate kappa coefficients to quantify proxy-self concordance.
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Kappa coefficients were used to compute rater reliabilities, based on 18 cases.
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Had the algorithm that accompanies the scale forced raters into a choice between these two possibilities at all points it is likely that the kappa coefficients would have been lower.
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