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Kappa Stats

The Kappa statistic measures the level of agreement between two or more people making judgments or classifications. A high Kappa value means there is a lot of agreement, while a low value means there is a lot of disagreement. It helps account for agreement that could occur by chance alone.

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Kappa Stats

The Kappa statistic measures the level of agreement between two or more people making judgments or classifications. A high Kappa value means there is a lot of agreement, while a low value means there is a lot of disagreement. It helps account for agreement that could occur by chance alone.

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FORMULA Kappa statistic in simple terms

The Kappa statistic helps us understand how mu


agreement there is between different people wh
they are making similar judgments

If the Kappa statistic is high, it means 2 people agr


If the Kappa statistic is low, it means you and your
helps us understand how much
between different people when
lar judgments

is high, it means 2 people agreed a lot.


is low, it means you and your friend disagreed a lot.
Synthetic 2D mammography
Total by digital 2D
Nondense Dense mammography

Digital 2D Nondense 168 14 182 59%


mammography Dense 11 116 127 41%
Total by synthetic 2D mammography 179 130 309
58% 42%
0.5792880259 0.42071197411
Synthetic 2D mammography
Total by digital 2D
Nondense Dense mammography

Digital 2D Nondense 105.56 76.44 182 182


mammography Dense 73.66 53.34 127
Total by synthetic 2D mammography 179 130
179.22
0.5792880259 73.569579288

Synthetic 2D mammography
Total by digital 2D
Nondense Dense mammography

Digital 2D Nondense 105.56 76.66 182.22 182.22


mammography Dense 73.44 53.34 126.78
Total by synthetic 2D mammography 179 130 309
179

Synthetic 2D mammography
Total by digital 2D
Nondense Dense mammography

Digital 2D Nondense 105.56 76.44 182


mammography Dense 73.66 53.34 127
Total by synthetic 2D mammography 179.22 129.78 309

Kappa = 83.3%
Percent agreement observed = 91.9%
Digital 2D
mammography
Total by synthetic 2D mammography

E(x) = μ

42 Digital 2D
mammography
Total by synthetic 2D mammography

kappa = 83.3%

Percent agreement expected by chance alone = 51.4%

Percent agreement expected by chance alone = 51.4%


Synthetic 2D mammography
Total by
digital 2D
Nondense Dense mammog
raphy
Percent agreement observed = 91.9%
Nondense 168 14 182 59%
Dense 11 116 127 41%
thetic 2D mammography 179 130 309

Synthetic 2D mammography
Total by
digital 2D
Nondense Dense mammog
raphy
Percent agreement expected by chance alone =
Nondense 105.61 76.70 182.31
Dense 73.39 53.30 126.69
thetic 2D mammography 179 130 309

Example of calculation using decimals


44.83%
d by chance alone = 51.4%

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