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Table 7 Results of the intercoder reliability test between researchers

From: Assessing community-based conservation projects: A systematic review and multilevel analysis of attitudinal, behavioral, ecological, and economic outcomes

Variable name

Cohen’s Kappa

Project impetus

0.79

Establishment

0.56

Decision-making

0.62

Approach local culture

0.63

Approach local institutions

0.75

Resource use

0.86

Economic benefits

0.53

Equitable distribution

0.55

Elite capture

0.83

Capacity skills

0.54

Capacity institutions

0.84

Social capital

0.75

Environmental education

0.62

Market integration

0.52

Threat

0.59

Supportive local culture

0.37

Effective local government

0.56

Tenure

0.47

Charisma

0.35

Population size

0.90

Population heterogeneity

0.90

Attitudinal monitoring

0.64

Behavioral monitoring

0.86

Ecological monitoring

0.80

Economic monitoring

0.82

Attitudinal outcomes

0.66

Behavioral outcomes

0.86

Ecological outcomes

0.80

Economic outcomes

0.82

  1. Kappa values greater than 0.40 indicate moderate agreement, greater than 0.60 indicate substantial agreement, and greater than 0.80 indicate almost perfect agreement [89].