Definition:Agreement between Observers

Definition

Let two observers $A$ and $B$ independently classify each of a set of observations into $2$ or more categories.

Let $A$ and $B$ both assign an observation $x$ into the same category.

Then $A$ and $B$ are in agreement over $x$.

Sources

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Cohen's kappa statistic