title: Coefficients of agreement.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011570:Psychiatry; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D013223:Statistics as Topic