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Cohen's kappa statistic is a measure of chance-corrected agreement introduced by Jack Cohen in 1960.



Jack Cohen, Ph.D.
1923-1998


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Cohen, Jacob (1960). A coefficient of agreement for nominal scales." Educational and Psychological Measurement. 20 (1): 37–46.
 
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