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Table 2 Agreement Scores (Kappa) for Repeatability and Consistency of Diagnoses of Suspected Heart Failure

From: Using the method of judgement analysis to address variations in diagnostic decision making

  

Repeatability+

 

Consistency*

 

Seniority

N

Within group

Consultant

Middle Grade

Junior

Consultant

3

0.53

0.25

  

Middle Grade

3

0.73

0.47

0.16

 

Junior

2

1

0.23

0.10

0.47

  1. + Repeatability of categorical diagnostic decisions (yes/no) for 5 repeated scenarios using Kappa
  2. * Within Group: consistency of categorical diagnostic decisions (yes/no) for 40 scenarios within each level of seniority using Kappa
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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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