Greetings,
I would like to use A Macro to Calculate Kappa Statistics for Categorizations by Multiple Raters for a Delphi study. I need to assess the agreement on multi-category ratings by multiple raters.
I'm trying to use the MKAPPA Macro (http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi30/155-30.pdf) but without success. I'm using SAS9.4, and i'm getting no output from the Macro.
Could anyone suggest me on what to do? Is there other Kappa Statistics Macros that I can use?
Thanks!
D
When you copy and paste from a PDF you likely introduced some invisible characters in your code. Sometimes typing it out or using a editor to remove these symbols is enough to get it working.
Why isn't it working for you?
Hi Reeza,
1. Thanks for your prompt answer. I did copy-pasted from PDF. I will try to write it down and then to run it again.
2. I've also tried to use now this macro (http://support.sas.com/kb/25/006.html). It worked for the example with 5 raters and 10 subjects, but did'nt work for 35 raters and 35 subjects. I've got the following error:
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference M not resolved.
ERROR: A character operand was found in the %EVAL function or %IF condition where a numeric operand is required. The condition was:
&m=1 or &n=1
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference N not resolved.
ERROR: The macro MAGREE will stop executing.
3. Do you have an idea what can be the problem?
Thanks!
D
I can't run anything now, but I suspect with 35 raters and subjects you don't have enough information to calculate a kappa - degrees of freedom and inability to invert a matrix idea. You need more subjects than taters.
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