International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 47, Issue 8 , Pages 931-936 , August 2010

Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement

  • J. Martin Bland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Social Medicine, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17, UK
    • Division of Medical Statistics, MRC Clinical Research Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Douglas G. Altman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Social Medicine, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17, UK
    • Division of Medical Statistics, MRC Clinical Research Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK

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☆ This article was originally published in The Lancet 1986 327(8476) 307–310. The article is republished with permission from The Lancet.

PII: S0020-7489(09)00320-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.10.001

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 47, Issue 8 , Pages 931-936 , August 2010

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