Agreement between methods

Agreement between methods of measurement with multiple observations per individual.

Limits of agreement provide a straightforward and intuitive approach to agreement between different methods for measuring the same quantity. When pairs of observations using the two methods are independent, i.e., on different subjects, the calculations are very simple and straightforward. Some authors collect repeated data, either as repeated pairs of measurements on the same subject, whose tru...

Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement.

In clinical measurement comparison of a new measurement technique with an established one is often needed to see whether they agree sufficiently for the new to replace the old. Such investigations are often analysed inappropriately, notably by using correlation coefficients. The use of correlation is misleading. An alternative approach, based on graphical techniques and simple calculations, is ...

Statistical methods for assessing agreement

Evaluation of Agreement between Measurement Methods from Data with Matched Repeated Measurements via the Coefficient of Individual Agreement.

We propose a simple method for evaluating agreement between methods of measurement when the measured variable is continuous and the data consists of matched repeated observations made with the same method under different conditions. The conditions may represent different time points, raters, laboratories, treatments, etc. Our approach allows the values of the measured variable and the magnitude...

Measuring agreement between diagnostic devices.

There is growing interest in using portable monitoring for investigating patients with suspected sleep apnea. Research studies typically report portable monitoring results in comparison with the results of sleep laboratory-based polysomnography. A systematic review of this research has recently been completed by a joint working group of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Tho...