Interexaminer agreement dental caries epidemiological surveys: the importance of disease prevalence in the sample

• Main Authors: Aline Sampieri Tonello (Author), Renato Pereira da Silva (Author), Andréa Videira Assaf (Author), Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano (Author), Silvia Helena de Carvalho Salles Peres (Author), Antonio Carlos Pereira (Author), Marcelo de Castro Meneghim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Objective: To identify desirable characteristics, including different sample sizes and dental caries prevalences, in virtual samples that allow, at the same time, higher values of general agreement percentage (GPA) and Kappa coefficient (κ), under a low confidence interval (CI), in reprodu...