kappa
/ˈkæpə/
noun
- The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet (Κ, κ).
- The symbol for kappa is often used in mathematics to represent curvature.
- In Greek, the word for 'and' starts with the letter kappa.
- She learned to write kappa as part of her Greek alphabet lessons.
- A statistical measure of agreement between two raters, used in research.
- A kappa value of 0.8 indicates strong agreement between the two observers.
- The researchers calculated Cohen's kappa to see if the judges agreed on the scores.
- They used kappa to measure reliability in their psychological study.