Reliability of summed item scores using structural equation modeling: an alternative to coefficient alpha

DOI10.1007/S11336-008-9099-3zbMath1284.62708OpenAlexW2032743311MaRDI QIDQ1013065

Yanyun Yang, Samuel B. Green

Publication date: 16 April 2009

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-008-9099-3

zbMATH Keywords

reliabilitystructural equation modelingfactor analysis of categorical datareliability of scales with Likert items

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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Uses Software

• Mplus

Cites Work

• On the use, the misuse, and the very limited usefulness of Cronbach's alpha
• Commentary on coefficient alpha: a cautionary tale
• Alpha, dimension-free, and model-based internal consistency reliability
• Statistical analysis of sets of congeneric tests
• DIFFICULTY FACTORS IN BINARY DATA
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