Periodontal research typically relies on clinical examiners to assess variables such as
gingival inflammation, plaque scores or probing depths as a means of determining treatment …

Background Reliability of measurements is a prerequisite of medical research. For nominal
data, Fleiss' kappa (in the following labelled as Fleiss' K) and Krippendorff's alpha provide …

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

Objectives To evaluate the feasibility of whole-body diffusion-weighted MRI (WB-DWI/MRI)
for detecting primary tumour, nodal and distant metastases in pregnant women with cancer …

Epoxy resin systems (ERSs) are a frequent cause of occupational allergic contact dermatitis.
Sensitization occurs not only to the resins, but also to hardeners and reactive diluents …

The degree of inter‐rater agreement is usually assessed through κ‐type coefficients and the
extent of agreement is then characterized by comparing the value of the adopted coefficient …

As an important extension of the regular kappa statistic, the weighted kappa statistic has
been widely used to assess the agreement between two procedures for independent …

The bootstrap method for estimating the standard error of the kappa statistic in the presence
of clustered data is evaluated. Such data arise, for example, in assessing agreement …

This research investigates a proximal mechanism by which judgments of sexual intent are
made: scripts. In a pilot study, scripts organized around sexual intent were elicited, with …

Abstract Students' Evaluations of Teaching (SETs) are widely used as measures of teaching
quality in Higher Education. A review of specialized literature evidences that researchers …