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. 2010 Jan 31;171(5):609–617. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwp419

Table 2.

Kappa Statistics and Tabulations of Agreement on City Blocks Between Data Collection Methods, Chicago, Illinois, 2002a

Business Type Observed Agreement, % Expected Agreement, % Kappa Agree: Not Present, % Agree: Present, % Disagree: Present in SSO, % Disagree: Present in Prop., %
Drugstores 95.8 92.4 0.45* 93.9 1.9 1.8 2.4
Liquor stores 90.9 85.2 0.38* 87.5 3.4 7.3 1.8
Bars 88.6 79.5 0.45* 82.8 5.8 8.6 2.8
Convenience stores 88.3 82.8 0.32* 84.7 3.6 8.1 3.6
Restaurants 87.4 58.7 0.70* 64.7 22.7 8.4 4.2
    Fast-food restaurants 81.8 64.2 0.49* 67.7 14.1 6.3 12.0
    Other eating place 83.8 74.7 0.36* 77.4 6.4 13.3 2.9
Supermarkets or grocers 82.5 68.8 0.44* 71.9 10.6 8.3 9.3

Abbreviations: Prop., proprietary data source; SSO, systematic social observation.

* P < 0.001.

a

N = 1,663.