Hypothesis test

Cohen's Kappa Coefficient

Cohen's kappa (κ) is a statistical measure of inter-rater reliability for categorical classifications, introduced by Jacob Cohen in 1960. Unlike simple percent agreement, kappa corrects for the level of agreement that would be expected purely by chance, making it the standard metric when two raters independently assign observations to the same set of mutually exclusive categories.

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Sources

  1. Cohen, J. (1960). A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 20(1), 37–46. DOI: 10.1177/001316446002000104
  2. Landis, J.R. & Koch, G.G. (1977). The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data. Biometrics, 33(1), 159–174. DOI: 10.2307/2529310

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ScholarGateCohen's Kappa (Cohen's Kappa Coefficient of Inter-Rater Agreement). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/statistics/cohens-kappa