| Funk, M. E. and Reid, C. A. (1983). Indexing consistency in MEDLINE. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 71(2):176--183. |
....that people often disagree on the assignment of index terms to documents (Ellis, Furner Hines, et al. 1994) Even when the subjects are professional indexers, the consistency can be low. One study of MEDLINE indexers showed 33.8 percent agreement for all MeSH heading and subheading combinations (Funk and Reid 1983). For the clusters, I also calculated the consistency across subjects and the consistency between the cluster tool and the subjects. The kappa scores were higher for the clusters (fair to substantial) than they were for the categories (fair to moderate) However, the probability of chance ....
Funk ME, Reid CA (1983). Indexing consistency in MEDLINE. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association; 71(2):176-183.
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Funk, M. E. and Reid, C. A. (1983). Indexing consistency in MEDLINE. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 71(2):176--183.
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Funk M, Reid C. Indexing consistency in MEDLINE. Bul Med Lib Assoc 1983; 2:176-83.
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