title: A cautionary note on the use of probability values to evaluate interobserver agreement.
abstract: Proposed methods of assessing the statistical significance of interobserver agreements provide erroneous probability values when conducted on serially correlated data. Investigators who wish to evaluate interobserver agreements by means of statistical significance can do so by limiting the analysis to every k(th) interval of data, or by using Markovian techniques which accommodate serial correlations.
authors.affiliation: University of Utah.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gardner