I was also incorrect in stating that the conditional kappa would be
zero in Theron's table
-Steve
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:31 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> As I reread Theron's posts, I now believe he meant that one of the
> raters is considered the standard. Conditional kappa might be useful
> for comparison with other studies. In this situation (no negatives by
> the standard), it should be similar to the proportion of times the
> fallible rater agrees with the standard.
>
> -Steve
>
>
>>Apparently, in Theron's table, only one rater declared that any
>>samples were negative. If so, conditional kappa is zero (observed a =
>>expected a) and his computation is finished.
>
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