IBMD: Information-based Measure of Disagreement

In dsnavega/osteometrika: osteometrika: an R package for human osteological data analysis

Description

Computes Information-based Measure of Disagreement for two or more raters

Usage

ibmd(x, digits = 4)

Arguments

x	a data.frame of numeric vectors containing multiple replicated observation performed by the same rater/observer or replicated observations performed by different observers.
digits	number of decimal places (rounding)

Value

a list with the following components:

IBMD	a numeric vector with the value of the IBMD
n	an integer with the number of valid observations
k	an integer indicating the number of observers or replications

Note

Missing values are handle by row-wise deletion.

Author(s)

David Navega

References

T Henriques, L Antunes, J Bernardes, M Matias, D Sato, C Costa-Santos. 2013. Information-based measure of disagreement for more than two observers: a useful tool to compare the degree of observer disagreement. BMC Medical Research Methodology 13:47. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-13-47

C Costa-Santos, L Antunes, A Souto, J Bernardes. 2010. Assessment of Disagreement: A New Information-Based Approach. Annals of Epidemiology, 20(7): 555 - 561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.02.011

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