Kappa statistic

2005/07/04 by C. R. Carpenter, Christopher R. Carpenter
Medicine · Decision Sciences · Health Professions · #Emergency and Acute Care Studies #Reliability and Agreement in Measurement #Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare

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Abstract

I would like to thank CMAJ and the Evidence-Based Medicine Teaching Tips Working Group for the teaching tips series, which is wonderfully useful to those of us who are teaching these basic concepts to residents and other physicians. Part 3 in the series, discussing the kappa statistic,[1][1]

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