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Table 3 Correlation between stool classifications according BP-AISS determined by expert examiners and non-expert examiner

From: Brazilian Portuguese version of the Amsterdam infant stool scale: a valid and reliable scale for evaluation of stool from children up to 120 days old

 

Quantity

Consistency

Color

τ (tau)

p *

τ (tau)

p *

τ(tau)

p *

Examiner 1 x Examiner 3

0.792

<  0.001

0.757

<  0.001

0.668

<  0.001

Examiner 2 x Examiner 3

0.851

< 0.001

0.769

<  0.001

0.857

<  0.001

Examiner 4 x Examiner 3

0.794

< 0.001

0.771

<  0.001

0.689

<  0.001

  1. Expert examiners (Examiners 1, 2, and 4); non-expert examiner (Examiner 3)
  2. τ (tau) = Kendall correlation coefficient; * p value associated to the Kendall correlation coefficient