Open AccessAdjusted Wallace Coefficient as a Measure of Congruence between Typing Methods
Author(s) -
Ana Severiano,
Francisco R. Pinto,
Mário Ramirez,
João André Carriço
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00624-11
Subject(s) - confidence interval , typing , statistics , congruence (geometry) , mathematics , measure (data warehouse) , computer science , biology , data mining , genetics , geometry
We propose a new coefficient, the adjusted Wallace coefficient (AW ), and corresponding confidence intervals (CI) as quantitative measures of congruence between typing methods. The performance of the derived CI was evaluated using simulated data. Published microbial typing data were used to demonstrate the advantages ofAW over the Wallace coefficient.
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