Why this course?

Description

This course offers a hands-on introduction to agreement and rater reliability analysis for categorical data. Designed for researchers, students, and health professionals, the course walks you through essential statistical methods to assess consistency between raters, tools, or diagnostic tests.

Participants will learn how to calculate and interpret key agreement statistics, including:

• Cohen’s Kappa

• Weighted Kappa

• Fleiss Kappa

• Krippendorff’s Alpha

• PABAK (Prevalence and Bias Adjusted Kappa)

The course includes guided exercises using JAMOVI and JASP, along with real-world examples and dummy datasets. Whether you're validating an assessment tool or comparing diagnostic performance, this course equips you with practical skills to confidently apply agreement analysis in your research.