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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Pers. 2007 Jun 1;21(4):389–417. doi: 10.1002/per.631

Table 1. Content Analysis of NEO-PI-R and Act-Frequency Items.

Coder agreement Average proportions per category

NEO-PI-R Acts



P Kappa P Kappa NEO-PI-R Acts
Area of functioning .82 .76 .97 .88
 Cognitive-self .41 .02
 Cognitive-others .12 .01
 Affective-preferences .15 .00
 Affective-feelings .18 .13
 Behavioral .16 .85
Trait reference .93 .74 1.00 1.00
 Yes .16 .00
 No .84 1.00
Situation reference .89 .70 .83 .65
 Yes .25 .39
 No .75 .62
Frequency reference .94 .86 .99 .85
 Yes .32 .04
 No .69 .97
Time frame reference .96 .73 1.00 1.00
 None .93 .00
 Past .04 1.00
 Present .00 .00
 Future/Hypothetical .03 .00

Note. P = raw proportion agreement between two coders. Kappa is coder reliability corrected for chance agreement. The proportions in the last two columns are the averages of the two coders.