An error matrix is frequently employed to organize and display information used to assess
the thematic accuracy of a land-cover map, and numerous accuracy measures have been …

Species distribution models have been widely used to predict species distributions for
various purposes, including conservation planning, and climate change impact assessment …

Cohen's kappa statistic is a very well known measure of agreement between two raters with
respect to a dichotomous outcome. Several expressions for its asymptotic variance have …

The series, which will ultimately comprise 22 articles, is designed to progressively educate
radiologists in the methodologies of rigorous clinical research, from the most basic principles …

The Youden Index is a summary measurement of the receiver operating characteristic
(ROC) curve for the accuracy of a diagnostic test with ordinal or continuous endpoints. The …

Procedures are compared for testing the homogeneity of k\geq 2 independent kappa
statistics in the case of two raters and a dichotomous outcome. One of the procedures is …

The Internet offers a promising channel to conduct smoking cessation research. Among the
advantages of Internet research are the ability to access large numbers of participants who …

The twofold purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument that assessed
teachers' intentions, attitudes, subjective norm, and perceived behavior control to administer …

Model‐based inference procedures for the kappa statistic have developed rapidly over the
last decade. However, no method has yet been developed for constructing a confidence …

Background: Smoking is more prevalent among lower-income individuals and certain
racial/ethnic minorities. Addressing tobacco cessation among diverse populations is an …