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Interpret Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance W

Usage

interpret_kendalls_w(w, rules = "landis1977")

Arguments

w

Value or vector of Kendall's coefficient of concordance.

rules

Can be "landis1977" (default) or a custom set of rules().

Rules

  • Landis & Koch (1977) ("landis1977"; default)

    • 0.00 <= w < 0.20 - Slight agreement

    • 0.20 <= w < 0.40 - Fair agreement

    • 0.40 <= w < 0.60 - Moderate agreement

    • 0.60 <= w < 0.80 - Substantial agreement

    • w >= 0.80 - Almost perfect agreement

References

  • Landis, J. R., & Koch G. G. (1977). The measurement of observer agreement for categorical data. Biometrics, 33:159-74.