Interrater reliability and the kappa statistic: a comment on Morris et al. (2008).

Int J Nurs Stud

Centre for Humanities and Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.

Published: January 2009

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