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Cohen’s kappa

Cohen’s kappa Cohen’s kappa is a commonly used statistical measure of how much two raters agree, used to assess inter-rater reliability in clinical research.

Cohen’s kappa is a commonly used statistical measure of how much two raters agree, used to assess inter-rater reliability in clinical research. The source also notes that this measure has well-documented statistical limitations.

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Drafting source: Wongpakaran Nahathai; Wongpakaran Tinakon; Wedding Danny; Gwet Kilem L. A comparison of Cohen’s Kappa and Gwet’s AC1 when calculating inter-rater reliability coefficients: a study conducted with personality disorder samples. 2013; DOI 10.1186/1471-2288-13-61; article XML SHA-256 a88828972a1735dc65132247b8d3ee33d4ceb1c5f5c7f91df66fd7cb6b5a10f4. “A comparison of Cohen’s Kappa and Gwet’s AC1 when calculating inter-rater reliability coefficients: a study conducted with personality disorder samples” (10.1186/1471-2288-13-61).
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