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Kappa statistics
Message posted by Lynn on February 14, 2001 at 12:00 AM (ET)
What is the difference between a simple kappa statistics and a weighted kappa statistics
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Re: Kappa statistics
Message posted by Bill (via 192.231.71.108) on February 21, 2001 at 12:52 PM (ET)
Weighted kappa weights the disagreement whereas a regular kappa does not. On a 7 point scale, a difference in agreement of 1 point is weighted differently than a disagreeement of 4 points, for instance.
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