A Monte Carlo-Based Bayesian Approach for Measuring Agreement in a Qualitative Scale.

ABSTRACT: Agreement analysis has been an active research area whose techniques have been widely applied in psychology and other fields. However, statistical agreement among raters has been mainly considered from a classical statistics point of view. Bayesian methodology is a viable alternative that allows the inclusion of subjective initial information coming from expert opinions, personal judgments, or historical data. A Bayesian approach is proposed by providing a unified Monte Carlo-based framework to estimate all types of measures of agreement in a qualitative scale of response. The approach is conceptually simple and it has a low computational cost. Both informative and non-informative scenarios are considered. In case no initial information is available, the results are in line with the classi

SUBMITTER: Calle-Alonso F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5978535 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature