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Kappa is a way of measuring agreement or reliability, correcting for how often ratings might agree by chance. Cohen's kappa, [5] which works for two raters, and Fleiss' kappa, [6] an adaptation that works for any fixed number of raters, improve upon the joint probability in that they take into account the amount of agreement that could be ...
Fleiss' kappa (named after Joseph L. Fleiss) is a statistical measure for assessing the reliability of agreement between a fixed number of raters when assigning categorical ratings to a number of items or classifying items.
The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) is a voluntary association of national collegiate and post-graduate honor societies. It was established on December 30, 1925 by six organizations, including Alpha Omega Alpha , the Order of the Coif , Phi Beta Kappa , Phi Kappa Phi , Sigma Xi , and Tau Beta Pi .
The sorority has been a critical source of support and sisterhood for the 360,000 some women that make up its ranks. Here’s how it became a force in American society.
Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society (ΑΒΚ) is an American honor society for students who attend private certificate, vocational, and trade schools. It was established in 1977 and has chartered 500 chapters.
Alpha Kappa Alpha members can join the organization either as an undergraduate student or become a part of a graduate chapter if they’ve already earned a bachelor’s or an advanced degree from ...
"Honor Societies", illustration from the 1909 Tyee (yearbook of the University of Washington). In the United States, an honor society is an organization that recognizes individuals who rank above a set standard in various domains such as academics, leadership, and other personal achievements, not all of which are based on ranking systems.
The second-oldest Latin-letter society, the P.D.A. Society ("Please Don't Ask"), in 1776 refused entry to John Heath, then a student at the college; rebuffed, he in the same year established the first Greek-letter secret society at the college, the Phi Beta Kappa, modeling it on the two older fraternities (see the Flat Hat Club). The Phi Beta ...