vix.ing · top · new · best · stats · spec

The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data

1977/03/01 by J. Richard Landis, Gary G. Koch · 1 voice · 778 citations
Decision Sciences · Mathematics · #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews #Reliability and Agreement in Measurement #Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

paper · doi:10.2307/2529310

openalex publication_date 1977/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

This paper presents a general statistical methodology for the analysis of multivariate categorical data arising from observer reliability studies. The procedure essentially involves the construction of functions of the observed proportions which are directed at the extent to which the observers agree among themselves and the construction of test statistics for hypotheses involving these functions. Tests for interobserver bias are presented in terms of first-order marginal homogeneity and measures of interobserver agreement are developed as generalized kappa-type statistics. These procedures are illustrated with a clinical diagnosis example from the epidemiological literature.

Citations

Cited by

Discussions

Related