Part II: On the use, the misuse, and the very limited usefulness of Cronbach's alpha: discussing lower bounds and correlated errors

DOI10.1007/s11336-021-09789-8zbMath1480.62238OpenAlexW3191783296MaRDI QIDQ2073728

Klaas Sijtsma, Julius M. Pfadt

Publication date: 7 February 2022

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-021-09789-8

zbMATH Keywords

correlated errorsclassical test theoryreliability lower boundscoefficient \(\alpha \)Cronbach's \(\alpha \)discrepancy of parametersestimation bias of coefficient \(\alpha \)factor-analysis approach to reliability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Reliability and life testing (62N05) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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