kappa

/ˈkæpə/
noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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