Meanings of using the kappa in English

Agreement between the two staging methods was assessed using the kappa statistic.

Main outcome measure: Inter-rater reliability measured using the kappa statistic for multiple raters.

Agreement between scores classifying participants as high risk was evaluated using the kappa statistic.

Inter-observer agreement was assessed using the kappa coefficient of agreement (k).

Strength of agreement was calculated using the kappa statistic.

Patient-provider agreement on the presence and severity of symptoms was assessed using the kappa statistic.

Reliability was assessed using the kappa coefficient.

In addition, we tested the consistency of the low-accuracy loggers in detecting cows with elevated BT using the kappa coefficient of concordance.

Using the kappa statistic, the patient-based agreement was determined between the CT and cystoscopic findings.

Concordances between the two methods in the seropositivity responses were evaluated using the Kappa statistic and the Spearman's rank correlation.