The Kappa Statistic Is Used to

question 10

Multiple Choice

The kappa statistic is used to

• A)assess the level of agreement among several observers.
• B)estimate the correlation between a continuous variable and an artificially dichotomous variable.
• C)estimate the percentage of disagreement between observers.
• D)estimate the validity of behavioral observation.

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