Joseph L. Fleiss (1923–2003) was a prominent American statistician, best known for his work in biostatistics and psychometrics. He made significant contributions to the field of statistics, particularly in areas such as categorical data analysis, agreement measures, and the development of statistical methods for clinical trials. Fleiss is widely recognized for his introduction of the kappa statistic, which is used to measure inter-rater agreement.
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