Table 3.

Weighted Kappa scores for agreement between all levels of raters^a for FMSS final scores^b and word choices^c for sedating cats.

	Levels 1 versus 2	Levels 2 versus 3	Levels 1 versus 3
Final score comparison
Weighted Kappa	0.84	0.82	0.84
Probability (2-sided)	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Word choice comparison
Weighted Kappa	0.85	0.84	0.87
Two-sided P-value	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001

^aLevel 1 — Student; Level 2 — RVT; Level 3 — ACVAA resident/boarded.

^bFMSS final score: Range of 0 to 12 with 0 being no sedation and 12 being maximal sedation.

^cWord choices: None, Mild, Moderate, or Profound.