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Coefficients of Agreement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. E. Dewey
M. E. Dewey*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX
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Summary

Several coefficients have been suggested for the measurement of agreement between raters. Recently Maxwell (1977) has proposed, and Janes (1979) has extended, a new coefficient, which they have termed the random error coefficient (RE). This paper criticizes their proposal and suggests that Cohen's (1960) coefficient kappa (K) is still the measure of choice.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 5 , November 1983 , pp. 487 - 489
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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