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Table 3 Inter-rater reliability statistics from pilot testing FoodMATS

From: Reliability and validity of a novel tool to comprehensively assess food and beverage marketing in recreational sport settings

Reliability Component

n

Percent Agreement

Inter-rater reliability coefficients

(a) Presence of food marketing by item

464

92.2%

κ = 0.875 (95% CI 0.847, 0.903)***

(b) Count of food marketing occasions by area

28

61.1%

ICC (2, 2) = 0.934 (95% CI (0.808, 0.978)***

(c) Product marketeda

218

100.0%

κ = 1.00 (95% CI 1.000,1.000)***

(d) Child-targeted marketinga

184

100.0%

κ = 1.00 (95% CI 1.000,1.000)***

(e) Sports-related marketinga

184

98.9%

κ = 0.941 (95% CI 0.883, 0.999)***

(f) Physical Sizea

180

92.2%

κ w = 0.911 (95% CI 0.846, 0.976)***

  1. *** p < 0.001
  2. a when both raters identified that food marketing was present