Table 4.
Pairwise weighted Cohen’s κ statistics and percentage agreement for snack and beverage vending machine items by provincial rating system. Snacks (n 531) and beverages (n 618) within vending machines in eighteen recreation and sport facilities in the three Canadian provinces were audited between April and July, 2013; half of the facilities were implementing nutrition guidelines
| BC | AB | NS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| κ w | % | κ w | % | κ w | % | |
| Snack items | ||||||
| BC | 1·0 | 0·32 | 70·6 | 0·50 | 79·9 | |
| AB | 0·32 | 70·6 | 1·0 | 0·46 | 76·6 | |
| NS | 0·50 | 79·9 | 0·46 | 76·6 | 1·0 | |
| Beverages | ||||||
| BC | 1·0 | 0·59 | 67·9 | – | ||
| AB | 0·59 | 67·9 | 1·0 | – | ||
| NS | – | – | 1·0 | |||
| Overall | ||||||
| BC | 1·0 | 0·49 | 69·8 | 0·58 | 76·5 | |
| AB | 0·49 | 69·8 | 1·0 | 0·69 | 79·2 | |
| NS | 0·58 | 76·5 | 0·69 | 79·2 | 1·0 | |
BC, British Columbia; AB, Alberta; NS, Nova Scotia.
–, Values of κ w and percentage agreement could not be computed due to zero frequency of moderately rated beverages in NS.