Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 3. Measures of observer variability (kappa statistic)
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- 23 November 2004
- journal article
- Published by CMA Impact Inc. in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Vol. 171 (11), 1369-1373
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1031981
Abstract
Imagine that you're a busy family physician and that you've found a rare free moment to scan the recent literature. Reviewing your preferred digest of abstracts, you notice a study comparing emergency physicians' interpretation of chest radiographs with radiologists' interpretations.[1][1] TheThis publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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