Table 3 Inter-coder reliability measures for ongoing validation

From: COVID-19 Government Response Event Dataset (CoronaNet v.1.0)

Policy

n

Percentage agreement

Cohen’s kappa (k)

Restrictions of mass gatherings

21

95.2

0.95

Closure of schools

14

92.9

0.92

Restriction of non-essential businesses

19

89.5

0.89

External border restrictions

52

84.6

0.83

Curfew

6

83.4

0.82

Internal border restrictions

11

81.8

0.80

Declaration of national emergency

19

73.7

0.71

Quarantine/lockdown

28

67.9

0.65

Health measures

52

65.4

0.63

Restriction of non-essential government services

16

62.5

0.59

New task force, bureau or administrative configuration

9

55.6

0.52

Public awareness measures

15

53.3

0.49

Social Distancing

14

42.9

0.38

Summary of inter-coder reliability scores

   

Percentage agreement

0.74

  

Cohen’s kappa

0.72

  

Krippendorff’s alpha

0.71

  

Scott’s pi: estimate (s.e.m.)

0.71 (0.03)