diagnostic {raters}

Frequency of assignment of patients to diagnostic categories

Description

Six psychiatrists classified 30 patients into 5 diagnostic categories.

Usage

data(diagnostic)

Format

A matrix with 30 rows and 5 columns.

Depression

number of psychiatrists who judged a given patient affected by “Depression”

Personality disorders

number of psychiatrists who judged a given patient affected by “Personality disorders”

Schizophrenia

number of psychiatrists who judged a given patient affected by “Schizophrenia”

Neurosis

number of psychiatrists who judged a given patient affected by “Neurosis”

Other

number of psychiatrists who judged a given patient affected by “Other” diseases

References

Fleiss, J.L. (1971). Measuring nominal scale agreement among many raters. Psychological Bulletin 76, 378-382