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. 2016 Jan 23;31:180–187. doi: 10.1007/s00455-015-9673-7

Table 3.

Linear weighted kappa coefficient (SE) of agreement for all rating tasks

FEES variables Intraobserver agreement Interobserver agreement Intrapanel agreement
Observer 1 Observer 2 Thin liquid Thick liquid Total Total
Piecemeal deglutition 0.86 (0.041) 0.90 (0.026) 0.84 (0.033) 0.93 (0.019) 0.88 (0.020) 0.95 (0.029)
Postswallow vallecular pooling 0.93 (0.041) 0.79 (0.068) 0.30 (0.075) 0.76 (0.040) 0.65 (0.037) 0.85 (0.071)
Postswallow pyriform sinus pooling 0.79 (0.054) 0.76 (0.084) 0.55 (0.071) 0.67 (0.069) 0.61 (0.059) 0.91 (0.068)
Laryngeal penetration/tracheal aspiration 0.79 (0.064) 0.79 (0.066) 0.82 (0.037) 0.58 (0.070) 0.73 (0.035) 0.93 (0.049)

SE standard error