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Weighted kappa

Nominal scale agreement provision for scaled disagreement or partial credit

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ID4423409
AuthorsJacob Cohen (0000-0003-2862-6550, corresponding author)
Year1968
Volume70
Issue4
Pages213-220
Publication date1968-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2909 • E-ISSN: 1939-1455
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/h0026256
PMID19673146
OpenAlexW2037789405
LanguageEN
Citations received665
References cited7

A previously described coefficient of agreement for nominal scales, kappa, treats all disagreements equally. A generalization to weighted kappa (Kw) is presented. The Kw provides for the incorpation of ratio-scaled degrees of disagreement (or agreement) to each of the cells of the k * k table of joi

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