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A rEAPPRAISAL OF THE KAPPA COEFFICIENT

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Thompson, W.Douglas, Walter, Stephen D.·1988·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
DOI 10.1016/0895-4356(88)90031-5
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Kappa is frequently used in epidemiology as an index of the quality of measurement for binary characteristics. The authors discuss the strong dependence of kappa on true prevalence, and they examine the relationship of the value of kappa to the degree of attenuation of the odds ratio that results from non-differential misclassification. It is concluded that under certain circumstances kappa can be interpreted as an indicator of validity, i.e. unbiasedness of the odds ratio, rather than simply as one of reliability. Cautions are stressed regarding (1) possible variation in the quality of measurement and (2) possible lack of independence of errors for the paired measurements from which kappa is calculated. An important implication for the design of reliability studies is that they should be conducted in populations where the distribution of the factor of interest is similar to that for the settings in which the measurement technique will ultimately be applied.

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Authors
Thompson, W. D., & Walter, S. D.
Venue
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1988
Volume
41
Issue
10
Pages
949-958
ISSN
0895-4356 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/0895-4356(88)90031-5
OpenAlex
W1966184253
Cited by
497
References
3
FWCI
9.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
hybrid
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