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Table 1 Cohen’s Kappa for twelve sets of ratings of men’s and women’s Halloween costumes on eight coded body areas

From: Women’s revealing Halloween costumes: other-objectification and sexualization

 

Cohen’s Kappa (percentage of agreement over and above chance)

Interpretation of Kappa (Viera & Garrett 2005)

Approximate significancea

Upper upper torso

Sheer

.328 (32.8 %)

Fair agreement

.000

Uncovered

.815 (81.5 %)

Almost perfect agreement

.000

Tight

.794 (79.4 %)

Substantial agreement

.000

Lower upper torso

Sheer

.398 (39.8 %)

Fair agreement

.000

Uncovered

.698 (69.8 %)

Substantial agreement

.000

Tight

.646 (64.6 %)

Substantial agreement

.000

Lower torso

Sheer

.196 (19.6 %)

Slight agreement

.000

Uncovered

.672 (67.2 %)

Substantial agreement

.000

Tight

.646 (64.6 %)

Substantial agreement

.000

Legs

Sheer

.824 (82.4 %)

Almost perfect agreement

.000

Uncovered

.916 (91.6 %)

Almost perfect agreement

.000

Tight

.793 (79.3 %)

Substantial agreement

.000

  1. aA significant Kappa value means that Kappa is significantly different from 0