Homogeneity score test of AC1 statistics and estimation of common AC1 in multiple or stratified inter-rater agreement studies

Abstract Background Cohen’s κ coefficient is often used as an index to measure the agreement of inter-rater determinations. However, κ varies greatly depending on the marginal distribution of the target population and overestimates the probability of agreement occurring by chance. To overcome these...

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Main Authors: Chikara Honda, Tetsuji Ohyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0887-5