Krippendorff, K. (2001, August 22). CONTENT [Electronic discussion list]. 

Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 11:28:39 -0400

From: Klaus Krippendorff <kkrippendorff@asc.upenn.edu>

Subject: [CONTENT:724] RE: intercoder reliability

well, i have a scaled-down version of an earlier computer program

for alpha, which we used extensively here at annenberg. i have

given it to some in dire need but i am hesitant to do so as i am

right now in the process of having comprehensive reliability

analysis software written. i hope that a beta-version of it will

be available in september. although i have been disappointed

before and don't dare banking on the completion of the project,

if it comes to pass, i would need lots of people to put it to a

hard test. please write to me in the near future should you be

interested. klaus krippendorff

At 02:22 PM 8/16/01 -0500, Harwood, Jake wrote:

>SPSS can give you Cohen's kappa (under the analyze - descriptive

>statistics - crosstabs part of the menu). Kappa is often used

>as a measure of intercoder reliability for nominal data and two

>coders, although not everyone thinks it's great.

>

>There is a shareware type program kicking around that calculates

>a version of Krippendorff's alpha... this is a nice coefficient

>as it can handle multiple coders and considers the level of

>measurement (from nominal to ratio). But I don't know if

>there's any formal distribution channel for that software. I

>think it was originally created by Klaus Krippendorff himself.

>Anyone know if this is commercially available?

>

>Jake

>

>____________________________________

>Jake Harwood (Associate Professor), Communication Studies, Univ.

>of Kansas, 102 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS

> 66045-7574, USA. ph:785-864-5681. fax:785-864-5203.

>

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>

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>>-----Original Message-----

>>Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 9:22 AM

>>Subject: [CONTENT:715] intercoder reliability

>>

>>Hello

>>

>>Can anyone tell me how to determine intercoder reliability

>>using SPSS or by some other method?

>>

>>Thank you

>>Carol Porter