Statistical Characteristics of the Weighted Inter-Rater Reliability Index for Clinically Validating Nursing Diagnoses

Purpose To analyze the statistical characteristics of the weighted inter‐rater reliability index for validating nursing diagnoses. Methods From a computational algorithm, the index values were compared with the sample size, frequency of the clinical indicator, number of agreements between raters, and three other agreement estimators. Findings The index moderately correlated with the frequency of the clinical indicator and strongly correlated...