Table 2 Mean simple kappa values for concordance between the responses of students in each centre and the reference.

From: Knowledge of undergraduate dental students regarding management of caries lesions

Variable

Centre 1 (6th semester)

Centre 2 (7th semester)

ICCMS combined code

0.175

0.432

Caries risk

0.178

0.315

Treatment option

0.073

0.361

  1. Interpretation of κ (Landis and Koch) [13]: κ < 0.00 indicates poor agreement, κ = 0.00–0.20 indicates slight agreement, κ = 0.21–0.40 indicates fair agreement, κ = 0.41–0.60 indicates moderate agreement, κ = 0.61–0.80 indicates substantial agreement, and κ > 0.80 indicates almost perfect agreement.
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