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Publication Date: 1981
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Coefficient Kappa: Some Uses, Misuses, and Alternatives.
Brennan, Robert L.; Prediger, Dale J.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v41 n3 p687-99 Fall 1981
This paper considers some appropriate and inappropriate uses of coefficient kappa and alternative kappa-like statistics. Discussion is restricted to the descriptive characteristics of these statistics for measuring agreement with categorical data in studies of reliability and validity. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Error of Measurement, Mathematical Models, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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