Bangdiwala's B: Difference between revisions

'''Bangdiwala's B''' statistic was created by Bangdiwala in 1985 and is a measure of [[inter-rater agreement]].<ref name=Bangwidala1985>Bangwidala S (1985) A graphical test for observer agreement. Proc 45th Int Stats Institute Meeting, Amsterdam, 1, 307–308</ref><ref name=Bangdiwala1987>Bangdiwala K (1987) Using SAS software graphical procedures for the observer agreement chart. Proc SAS User's Group International Conference, 12, 1083-1088</ref> While not as commonly used as the kappa statistic the B test has been used by various workers.<ref name=Grill2007>Grill E, Mansmann U, Cieza A, Stucki G (2007) Assessing observer agreement when describing and classifying functioning with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. J Rehabil Med 39(1):71-76</ref><ref name=Ossa2010>Ossa XM, Munoz S, Amigo H, Bangdiwala SI (2010) Secular trend in age at menarche in indigenous and nonindigenous women in Chile. Am J Hum Biol 22(5):688-694</ref><ref name=Jenkins2011>Jenkins V, Solis-Trapala I, Langridge C, Catt S, Talbot DC, Fallowfield LJ (2011) What oncologists believe they said and what patients believe they heard: an analysis of phase I trial discussions. J Clin Oncol 29(1):61-68</ref><ref name=Bangdiwala2008>Bangdiwala SI, Haedo, AS, Natal, ML, Villaveces A (2008) The Agreement Chart as an Alternative to the Receiver-Operating Characteristic Curve for Diagnostic Tests. J Clin Epidemiol 61, 866–874</ref>